STORY: Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday (September 30) he's calling a snap general election on ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has ruled Japan for all but four of the past 69 years, leading some to ask whether its ...

Stocks dropped after Japan’s governing party chose Shigeru Ishiba, a critic of the country’s longstanding ultralow interest ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will fill key party posts on Monday followed by a new Cabinet on Tuesday as ...

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

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

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

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

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

Ishiba mentioned the election date as he announced his top party leadership lineup Monday ahead of forming his Cabinet.

Japan’s ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader, setting him up to become prime ...