Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba faces stiff challenges and a hostile ruling party life with infighting that could quickly remove him from office, plunging the country back into political…
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TOKYO (AP) — A record nine candidates are running in Japan's ruling party election Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A former defense minister who is a longtime…
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is running once again to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, may be highly regarded by the general public and local LDP chapters due…
Suspected organizational ties between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church continue to haunt the party ahead of its Sept. 27 presidential election.On Tuesday, the Asahi Shimbun daily…
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won't be the prime minister after September. Kishida served longer than most – nearly three years. Japanese prime ministers, except the late Shinzo Abeseem to…
The recent shooting of former US President Donald Trump has sent shock waves throughout the US while also reminding Japan of its own share of similarly violent — yet extremely…
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday was forced to start this year's parliamentary session with an apology over one of the country's biggest corruption scandals in…