The jockeying for a new prime minister has begun as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's beleaguered long-governing ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will pick its new leader on October 4, the party's election committee said ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from within his party to ...

Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he will step down following growing calls from his party to take ...

At an extraordinary executive meeting on Monday, Ichiro Aisawa, chairman of the party's election management committee, said ...

Ruling party lawmakers in Japan prepared their bids to replace outgoing premier Shigeru Ishiba, as financial markets recoiled on the political uncertainty.

The full-scale selection procedure may favour Sanae Takaichi, a veteran fiscal dove and right-winger who local media say has decided to run.

Sanae Takaichi is a leading candidate for president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. A recent poll shows her ahead of other contenders like Shinjiro Koizumi. The leadership election is scheduled ...

TOKYO: Sanae Takaichi, 64, former minister in charge of economic security, has decided to run in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election which will choose the successor to Prime Minister ...