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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader on October 4 to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, senior party lawmakers said on Tuesday, after a formal ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit - Toru Hanai—POOL/AFP/Getty Images Less than a year after taking office, Japanese Prime Minister ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi admitted Wednesday to distributing congratulatory gift catalogs to ...

In her expected capacity as prime minister, Sanae Takaichi will likely pour her efforts into realizing a long-cherished goal of hard-line conservatives: enacting an anti-espionage law to bolster Japan ...

Japan could soon have either its first female or youngest-ever prime minister as the country's ruling party votes for its second new leader in just over a year. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is ...

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TOKYO (AP) — The jockeying for a new prime minister began on Monday as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s beleaguered long-governing Liberal Democratic Party struggles to stay in office as Japan ...

People look at a screen broadcasting a live TV news program showing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaking at a press conference, in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) ...