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World > Asia & Oceania
Former defense minister elected as Japan's new PM
By Agence France-Presse
Sep 28, 2024 12:15 am

(UPDATE) TOKYO — Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's next prime minister after winning the ruling party's leadership vote on Friday, the official count showed.

Ishiba, 67, defeated hawkish Sanae Takaichi, who would have been the country's first-ever woman premier, in a run-off.

MAN OF THE HOUR Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), arrives for a press conference after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2024. AFP Photo

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