Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba beat eight candidates to become leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a ...

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

Considered a defense policy expert, Ishiba secured a come-from-behind win against Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, ...

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

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

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

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister more popular with the rank and file than with his lawmaker colleagues, had sought ...

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.

Ishiba led in most opinion polls, with this being his fifth and, he said, final bid to lead the LDP, which has ruled Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — A crucial party election in Japan on Friday will determine the nation's new prime minister. The vote by the ...