TOKYO — Japan's governing party on Friday picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week. The party leadership is a ticket to the ...

If at first you don't succeed, try again. Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's new prime minister, seems to have taken that lesson to heart: He ran for the office four times — and only succeeded on the fifth ...

TOKYO — The person chosen Friday to lead Japan’s governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and ...

Japan could witness its first female prime minister, as its ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) prepares for a crucial leadership vote on Friday to select a successor to outgoing leader ...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Wednesday he will not be running in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election due next month. Kishida's decision to not run for reelection ...

He will take over as prime minister next Tuesday, replacing Fumio Kishida. Mr. Kishida, who presided over an expansion of Japan’s defense budget and a rapprochement with South Korea during his ...

Shigeru Ishiba is set to be appointed Japan's prime minister on Tuesday. On Friday, he narrowly won the presidency of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Ishiba has previously suggested that ...

Japan’s former defence ... defeating economic security minister Sanae Takaichi in a runoff vote. He is set to become the country’s next prime minister, with Fumio Kishida handing over the ...

At 43, former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi is a prominent candidate. As well as being the son of Junichiro Koizumi, one of Japan's best-known prime ministers internationally, Koizumi ...