Shigeru Ishiba, a former Japanese defence minister and leading candidate in the ruling party's leadership race, said there ...

Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by parliament on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ...

The race to become Japan’s next prime minister appears to be shaping up as a three-way battle among candidates with divergent ...

A Takaichi victory could therefore push down bond yields and weaken the yen - an unwelcome prospect for policymakers eager to ...

TOKYO -- The ruling party election likely to choose Japan's next prime minister is shaping up to be a three-way race among ...

The current political trend points to increasing demand for the next generation of political leaders in Japan, particularly ...

Japans defense minister wants Washington to unite its web of informal alliances in Asia into a formal military bloc A senior ...

The frontrunners in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister clashed over when to call a Lower House election if they ...

WASHINGTON -- The NATO-style collective-security arrangement in Asia proposed by former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru ...

The situation is still uncertain, as about 100 LDP lawmakers have not decided whom to support in the Sept. 27 party ...

All four presidential candidates of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan support legalizing same-sex marriage, a ...