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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 — 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. The party leadership is a ...