The next PM’s idea of an Asian Nato is a pipe dream but his expressed willingness to be more independent of the US should be ...

Ishiba won the LDP leadership race on Friday, clinching a run-off win after a contest among an unprecedentedly large field of ...

Japan's new ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba, who is certain to become the next prime minister, intends ...

We hope he will “fill the remaining half of a cup” after President Yoon filled the other half first. Ishiba will likely succeed the Kishida Cabinet’s diplomatic and security stance, as seen in the ...

Shigeru Ishiba’s unexpected ascendance shakes up the Tokyo political scene — and relationship with Washington.

Economists polled by Reuters expect the US to have added 145,000 jobs in September, a slight increase on the 142,000 created in August, and up from the 89,000 in July. The unemployment rate, ...

In electing a new prime minister, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party could have opted for generational change in the ...

Ishiba margin of victory was slim, meaning that there is still a sizable portion of the party who will be resistant to his ...

Pacifist-leaning Komeito, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, formally crowned Keiichi Ishii as its new leader, ...

Japan’s next Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-proclaimed policy wonk on defense matters whose friends consider him to ...

Seoul said it aimed to continue cooperating with Tokyo to maintain a positive trajectory in bilateral ties after former ...

Iwaya, defence chief from 2018 to 2019, helped Ishiba on strategy in his winning run to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic ...