Yoshihide Suga

That poll, which will decide which party controls parliament's powerful lower house, will come on Oct 27, Kyodo reported.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida aims to win a clear voter mandate to press ahead with his coronavirus response.

The new cabinet members under Kishida, who succeeds Yoshihide Suga, are due to be announced later in the day.

There are three women in the line-up, one more than Suga had, but none holds a heavyweight portfolio.

Japan's incoming prime minister Fumio Kishida will formally take office on Monday.

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Here are the next steps and important dates in Japan's political calendar.

Running for the top post are popular vaccine minister Taro Kono, 58, a U.S.-educated former defence and foreign minister seen as a maverick.

The winner of the LDP leadership election set for Sept. 29 is all but assured to be prime minister.

Kishida repeated a call for an economic stimulus package worth "tens of trillions of yen" to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are the key economic policy views of candidates to become Japan's next prime minister.

Suga's announcement on not continuing a second term as leader of LDP, sets the stage for a new PM following a party leadership vote.

23 pct of respondents said Kono, the minister in charge of vaccines, was the most suitable person to take over.

Takaichi received a boost by winning the support of Suga's long-serving predecessor Shinzo Abe.

Suga will back the popular minister in charge of the nation's vaccination rollout, Taro Kono, to succeed him.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.