TOKYO (AP) — Shigeru Ishiba, the head of Japan’s governing party, plans to call a parliamentary election to be held on Oct.

STORY: Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Monday (September 30) he's calling a snap general election on ...

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

Yasuhide Nakayama, former Japan minister of defense, discusses incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's foreign policy.

As prime minister of the U.S. ally, Shigeru Ishiba will face anger over rising prices at home and an increasingly complicated ...

Japan’s new leader, Shigeru Ishiba, said he would call a national election on Oct. 27, assuming he is confirmed as Japan’s ...

Asia share markets were mostly firmer on Monday as China announced more stimulus measures, though the Nikkei dived on ...

Shigeru Ishida had beaten Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi in the final round of the Liberal Democratic Party ...

An Ishiba ally, Takeshi Iwaya – a former defence chief – will become foreign minister, while Gen Nakatani is set to return as ...

The reports emerged after Ishiba said on Friday that he wants to call an election in the country to shore up his mandate ‘as ...

Ishiba was chosen as the Liberal Democratic Party's leader on Friday and is assured to also succeed Fumio Kishida as prime ...