Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will step down next month and will not run for a second term as leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, following a series of ...

TOKYO—Japan is set to get a new leader this fall after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ... to do so was for him to step down.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who shepherded the U.S ... has announced he is to step down as leader of his party and, therefore, the country. During his three years as Japan ...

“Politics cannot function without public trust,” Kishida said in a press conference on Wednesday to announce his decision not to seek re-election as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step down in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals and paving the way for a new premier to address the ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday unveiled the nine candidates who will run in a Sept. 27 leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The former defence minister is ...

MANILA/TOKYO -- The Asian Development Bank announced on Monday that its president, Masatsugu Asakawa, is planning to step ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan arrived in Seoul on Friday as he looks to give a final boost to improved bilateral ties ...

By River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo When Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ... step to show that the Liberal Democratic Party is changing is for me to step down.” ...