Shigeru Ishiba was elected as the new prime minister of Japan on Friday. The country’s governing political party, the Liberal Democratic Party, voted for the former minister of defense to lead the ...

TOKYO, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he plans to call a general election on Oct. 27. Enditem ...

The Nikkei stock index plunged nearly 5 percent Monday, as exporters were sold on a stronger yen since Shigeru Ishiba won the ...

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's newly elected ruling party leader and soon-to-be prime minister, has decided to hold a general ...

Shigeru Ishida had beaten Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi in the final round of the Liberal Democratic Party ...

TOKYO -- Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he plans to call a general election on Oct 27.

Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday a snap election would be held on Oct. 27, sending voters to the ...

Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is poised to call snap elections for October 27, local media reported Monday, ...

Ishiba said the snap election would be held on Oct. 27, with a ruling party executive saying earlier on Monday that the new ...

Ishiba has expressed support for the Bank of Japan's moves to raise interest rates from their near-zero level. He also backs ...

Asian markets had a turbulent start to the week with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling nearly 5% following political changes, while ...

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