Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote, the official count showed.

TOKYO (Sept 27): Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's prime minister next week after winning the conservative ruling party's leadership vote today. The 67-year-old train lover beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi -- who would have been the country's first-ever woman leader -

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after emerging triumphant from the final round of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership vote Friday. Ishiba…

Japan’s ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week.

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Friday in a runoff vote, defeating economic security minister Sanae Takaichi. In his fifth presidential bid, Ishiba won 215 of the 409 valid votes cast by LDP…

TOKYO: Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the US with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an "Asian NATO" and s