Shigeru Ishiba to become Japan's next PM
TOKYO - Shigeru Ishiba, a veteran politician with a reputation for irking his conservative colleagues, is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning the leadership race for the Liberal Democratic Party Friday.
Ishiba, a 67-year-old former defense minister, defeated socially conservative foreign policy hawk Sanae Takaichi in the second round of an internal party vote. The LDP's parliamentary majority