Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by parliament on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ...

The race to become Japan’s next prime minister appears to be shaping up as a three-way battle among candidates with divergent ...

Japan's ruling party leadership race, which will determine who becomes next prime minister, could complicate the central bank ...

Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on ...

Shigeru Ishiba has emerged as the most popular candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election among the ...

WASHINGTON -- The NATO-style collective-security arrangement in Asia proposed by former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru ...

The frontrunners in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister clashed over when to call a Lower House election if they ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is corporate Japan's top choice to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, edging out ...

Shigeru Ishiba, one of the front-runners to become Japan’s next prime minister, said he would move quickly to put together ...

The discussion comes as China ramps up military pressure on Taiwan and expands its maritime presence in the East and South ...

A record nine Japanese lawmakers have formally entered the race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as head of ...