Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by parliament on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ...

Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on ...

Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on ...

she “will be looking for the strongest possible Japanese Prime Minister,” says the former senior official, who wished to remain anonymous. “Whereas Trump will be looking for which Prime ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled the nine candidates who will run in a Sept. 27 leadership ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a former Japanese defence minister and leading candidate in the ruling party's leadership race, said there ...

Eager to rescue his troubled party from defeat in the next general election, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced last ...

As economic security minister, Takaichi is making a second bid to become Japan’s first female leader. A protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, she is a staunch conservative and attracts ...

Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading in support from fellow lawmakers in Japan’s ruling party leadership ...

An altered picture of former South Korean president Moon Jae-in and his grandson purportedly holding a sign with a ...