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, ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, signalled continuity this weekend in his early decisions on key posts for ...

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 ...

Over the years, Ishiba's opposition earned him few friends; indeed, he has a reputation for being a 'traitor” due to his ...

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

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will likely name former Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya as foreign minister ...

Ishiba, elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, outlined his plan in a paper to the Hudson Institute ...

The 67-year-old's successful leadership bid after four failed attempts puts the self-professed lone wolf at the helm of a ...

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, will likely name former Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya as foreign minister ...

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba was elected by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Friday as its leader and, ...