Japan’s ruling LDP party has selected Shigero Ishiba as its leader, paving the way for him to become the county’s next prime minister. The former defense minister, a centrist, unexpectedly beat out a ...

Japan’s governing party has picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime ...

A U.S. officials says China's newest nuclear-powered submarine in its fleet sank in spring while docked at a pier but Chinese ...

Japan’s next prime minister is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and big ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's prime minister next week after winning the conservative ruling ...

Following the resignation of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to assume leadership ...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average headed for a full recovery from an August rout, as a Liberal Democratic Party leadership ...

William Braddock, a one-time Republican congressional candidate in Florida, is facing federal charges of issuing a death ...

Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s next prime minister after he was elected as the new leader of the country’s ruling Liberal ...

Shigeru Ishiba had come close to the top job before, including in 2012 when he lost to nationalist Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader who was later assassinated.

TOKYO >> Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalize the economy ...