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

A Takaichi victory could therefore push down bond yields and weaken the yen - an unwelcome prospect for policymakers eager to ...

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

TOKYO -- The ruling party election likely to choose Japan's next prime minister is shaping up to be a three-way race among ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shigeru Ishiba, the former Japanese defence minister running in the ruling party's leadership race, said on Tuesday that a ...