TOKYO -- Japan's governing party on Friday picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to ...

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

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

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

Shigeru Ishiba, who is expected to be Japan's next prime minister after being elected the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal ...

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

Following the resignation of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to assume leadership ...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average headed for a full recovery from an August rout, as a Liberal Democratic Party leadership ...

Shigeru Ishiba had come close to the top job before, including in 2012 when he lost to nationalist Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader who was later assassinated.

TOKYO >> Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalize the economy ...

A landslide in the Indonesian western province of West Sumatra on Thursday afternoon killed at least 15 workers at an unlicensed gold mine ...