Japan’s new Prime Minister Ishiba vows to push a strong defense under the Japan-US alliance By: Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press Posted: 7:52 PM CDT Monday, Sep. 30, 2024 Last Modified: 9:06 ...

Ishiba, first elected to parliament in 1986, has served as defense minister, agriculture minister and in other key Cabinet posts, and was LDP secretary general under former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with addressing public outrage over his governing party's corruption scandals ahead of a ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba votes for the new prime minister at the parliament’s lower house Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) EH ...