Also in today’s newsletter, Thailand launches cash handout programme, and Israel launches air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen ...

South Korea voiced optimism Friday when Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, as its new leader, a move that will make him the next prime minister.

Time to 'fill the remaining half' of a glass Japan's Liberal Democratic ...

Shigeru Ishiba’s unexpected ascendance shakes up the Tokyo political scene — and relationship with Washington.

The leader of Japan's main opposition party has voiced expectations for a combative debate with Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as speculation grows ...