TOKYO — Shigeru Ishiba, an outspoken former defense minister, is set to become Japan’s new prime minister next week, taking the helm of the world’s fourth-largest economy at a time of rising ...

After Shigeru Ishiba was elected as president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and expected to become the new Japanese prime minister, major Japanese media outlets have paid high ...

Japan’s incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba faces stiff challenges and a hostile ruling party rife with infighting that could quickly remove him from office, plunging the country back into ...

By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo The elite power brokers of Japan’s governing party ... he promised to extend a “new capitalism,” invoking a phrase that Mr. Kishida ...

Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on September. 27 to choose his replacement. More Franck Robichon ...

For Jai the new restaurant is a chance to highlight the variety of Japanese cuisine. "We're excited to share something different," he says. "Japón is about simplicity and honoring Japanese ...

The LDP's junior coalition partner Komeito party will get a new leader on Saturday and the country's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan elected former Prime Minister ...

Japan's governing party will pick a new leader Friday who will succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida TOKYO -- The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a ...

A new system to accredit Japanese language schools would see the education minister authorizing the schools, according to a draft plan the Cultural Affairs Agency presented on May 31 to a group of ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become the new prime minister of Japan, replacing incumbent Fumio Kishida. Japan’s ruling party, LDP, picked Ishiba as its leader, confirming his ...

TOKYO — Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will select the country’s new prime minister on Friday, choosing a successor to Fumio Kishida, who reshaped Japan’s role in the ...