The yen recovered from a 3-1/2 week low against the dollar today and moved sharply higher after former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba ... moved lower after the Sep Tokyo CPI eased, a dovish factor ...

Friday fell by -0.16% and posted a 14-month low. The dollar moved lower Friday after weaker-than-expected US personal income ...

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

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

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's prime minister next week after winning the conservative ruling ...

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

Wall Street rose this afternoon after better than expected inflation figures cleared the way for the US Federal Reserve to ...

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 ...

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

Japan’s LDP chose Ishiba Shigeru to lead the party, setting him up to become the new PM. At least in principle, that may mean ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership ...