Ishiba, 67, was first elected to Japan's House of Representatives in 1986 – nineteen years before Takaichi, who is 63.

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election on Sept. 27, and ...

New ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, set to soon become the country's next prime minister, is ...

Advocate of 'Asian Nato' to counter China who also seeks more balanced US ties could ruffle feathers on either side of ...

Mr. Ishiba will assume office as the next Prime Minister once parliament convenes in October. The push to replace current ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is expected to appoint Shinjiro Koizumi to lead the ruling party's election committee. The decision comes after Ishiba won the Liberal Democratic Party ...

Asia's strongest storm this year, Typhoon Yagi, caused damages estimated at 81.5 trillion dong ($3.31 billion) across ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is likely to name Shinjiro Koizumi, a rival in Friday's leadership race, to ...

Shigeru Ishiba views the relationship as 'asymmetrical' — with Washington largely dictating Tokyo's foreign policy ...

Chinese air and naval forces are conducting manoeuvres in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the military said on Saturday, hours after the country's top diplomat discussed ways of reducing ...

The sailing of a warship through the strait, a first by Japan, goes hand-in-hand with Tokyo’s ongoing remilitarization and ...

Japan's next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, says he reads three books a day and would rather do that than mingle with the ...