Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, state media reported Wednesday, the day after he took office in Tokyo. The destroyer Sazanami made the unprecedented passage on Wednesday,

Advocate of 'Asian Nato' to counter China who also seeks more balanced US ties could ruffle feathers on either side of Pacific, analysts say Shigeru Ishiba, in line to become Japan's next prime minister,

Japan's Parliament has elected Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as the country's prime minister. Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stepped down earlier in the day to make way for the new leader.