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Though Fumio Kishida, a ruling-party stalwart, has sought to distinguish himself from the unpopular departing prime minister, he’s struggled to connect with the public. ( read original story ...)

Nogizaka46's "Kimi ni shikarareta” (“You scolded me”) shoots to the top of the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Sept. 20 to 26, selling 658,176 copies in its first week. ( read original story ...)

"I don't want you going out there if you're not in a good place," Biles' mom, Nellie, said on the phone. "You need to take care of yourself." ... ( read original story ...)

Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, seemed to acknowledge popular wishes for a kinder, more responsive and socially progressive party. ( read original story ...)

The country’s governing party, with a stranglehold on power, bucked the wishes of the public to select a moderate mainstay. ( read original story ...)

The secretaries handing out ballots as Japan's ruling party chose the next prime minister on Wednesday were all women. The power brokers and lawmakers doing the voting were overwhelmingly men. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday hailed the election of former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, calling him a "good guy" with ... ( read original story ...)

Asensus Surgical, Inc. (NYSE American: ASXC), a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and the patient to pioneer a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery™, today ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo residents react after Japan's ruling party elected former foreign minister Fumio Kishida its new leader, setting him on course to become the next prime minister of the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)

Fumio Kishida is poised to lead Japan after a party leadership election. Plus, it's unclear how a judge will rule in Spears' conservatorship case today. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA—A woman and a man have been arrested on suspicion of defrauding two “sugar daddies” in their 60s through a paid dating practice called “papa katsu,” police said Sept. 28. ( read original story ...)

Namibia's Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma and her compatriot Beatrice Masilingi have spoken about their bans from the 400-metre event at ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo — Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set to become the next prime minister. He faces the imminent tasks of addressing a ... ( read original story ...)

After the pain of missing out on the Olympic Games, the British marathon runner is looking forward to a return to racing 26.2 miles on Sunday in London ... ( read original story ...)

The internal investigation committee set up to look into the disqualification of national shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli in the F20 (intellectual impairment) category at the recently-concluded ... ( read original story ...)

The former foreign minister beat vaccine campaign chief Taro Kono in the runoff for the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. The winner was able to count on the support of members of parliament ... ( read original story ...)