Shigeru Ishiba, the leader of Japan's ruling party, intends to announce a parliamentary election for October 27.

The 67-year-old will seek an early public mandate after seeing off a rightwing challenge to become the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic party

TOKYO—Japan’s parliament on Tuesday formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new prime...

Shigeru Ishiba won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election with 215 votes and is set to become Japan's next prime minister. Defeating Sanae...

TOKYO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and...

Shigeru Ishiba has been confirmed as Fumio Kishida's successor as prime minister of Japan, appointing allies and rivals to his cabinet.

In a night of drama, Shigeru Ishiba managed to win his party’s and, consequently, his country’s leadership, negating Japan its first female PM.

Tokyo CNN  —  Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on...

The former defense minister won the race to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and is all but assured to become prime minister after...

Ex-defence minister wins the leadership election of the Liberal Democratic Party which holds a majority in parliament.