Gerald Curtis, professor emeritus at Columbia University, discusses Japan's Liberal Democratic Party elections.

By Sakura Murakami and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -A leadership contest in Japan's ruling party to determine who will take ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s policies might not exactly cheer global stock markets, Japan expert William Pesek writes in a ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27, reaching the top of the ladder in ...

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

Shigeru Ishiba was elected as the new prime minister of Japan on Friday. The country’s governing political party, the Liberal ...

The yen fell as the market’s shock subsided over Shigeru Ishiba’s victory in the leadership race of the ruling Liberal ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will fill key party posts on Monday and announce a new Cabinet on Tuesday as ...

Ishiba, 67, and Takaichi, 63, emerged as the top picks in a crowded field of nine in the race that will decide the country’s ...

TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a key vote Friday that will ...

Ishiba prevailed over hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi in a run-off vote in what was one of the most unpredictable Liberal ...

Frequent government changes make it difficult for Japanese leaders to tackle long-term policy goals or develop trusted ...