For many Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their relatives, Friday’s awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Japanese organization against ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba opened his first policy speech in office Friday by expressing deep regrets over ...

Japan's new leader Shigeru Ishiba appointed a proponent of former premier Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" policies as finance ...

Shigeru Ishiba has moved quickly to set his stamp on Japanese politics, officially becoming prime minister and calling a snap ...

TOKYO -- After winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election last week, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba became Japan's new prime minister on Tuesday, succeeding Fumio ...

Japan's Parliament has elected Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as the country's ...

Tokyo: Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader poised to become Japan's new prime minister, often appears in photos with a furrowed brow, but his expression immediately ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba beat out eight other contenders to win the vote. The 67-year-old is virtually assured of becoming the country's next prime minister.

Japan's next prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, says he reads three books a day and would rather do that than mingle with the ruling party colleagues who picked him as their new leader today The 67 ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's prime minister next week after winning the conservative ruling party's leadership vote on Friday. The 67-year-old train lover beat arch ...

Fifth time's the charm for former Japanese defence minister Shigeru Ishiba, who looks set to become the next prime minister after winning a close-fought contest to lead the ruling Liberal ...