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

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

Ishiba will succeed Fumio Kishida, who reshaped Japan’s role in the international community but last month announced he would ...

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishida was elected by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Friday as its leader and, ...

Japan’s ruling party will elect its new leader Friday, and the winner will become the country’s next prime minister.

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

With its approval ratings sagging, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has picked a perennial outsider as its new ...

TOKYO — A crucial party election in Japan on Friday will determine the nation’s new prime minister. The vote by the ruling ...

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

The person chosen to lead Japan’s governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep ...

Japan’s ruling party picks former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader. He will become prime minister next week.

Shigeru Ishiba, right, with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and other candidates, celebrates after Ishiba was ...