Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet, paving the way for his likely successor Shigeru Ishiba to take office.

Ishiba wins LDP leadership, to become Japan's next prime minister.

Moderate faces challenges over cost-of-living crisis, public trust and threats to regional stability from China and North Korea

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 (AP) — Shigeru Ishiba , the head of Japan's governing party, plans to call a parliamentary election to be held on Oct. 27 after he is elected...

Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister.

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s former Defense Minister, is all set to assume a new role next

Japan's parliament elected Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with addressing public outrage over his governing party's...