Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi became the seventh candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, but she will likely face a tougher challenge this time than ...

Sanae Takaichi, who nearly became Japan’s first female prime minister, has been campaigning in the Lower House election on behalf of ruling party allies who were disciplined over the political ...

Since the race kicked off on Oct. 15, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi has crisscrossed the country to give stump speeches on behalf of many candidates. While Ishiba and the party ...

Japan's ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, with national public broadcaster NHK projecting that the ...

Analysts predict a short tenure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that Japan could return to an era of ...

Hours before winning a vote to stay on as Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba was caught napping in parliament. But with Donald Trump headed back to the White House, he needs to wake up fast.

Markets were initially unnerved by the unexpected victory of Shigeru Ishiba in the run-off with Sanae Takaichi to become the next leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan’s next ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is aiming to become Japan's first-ever female prime minister. Japan’s ruling party is set to elect its ...

It headed into a run-off between Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi, 63, who vied to become Japan’s first female leader. "We ought to be a party that lets members discuss the truth in a free and open ...

Ishiba only narrowly won the party leadership over his ultra-conservative rival Sanae Takaichi, a nationalist who has criticised the country’s steadily improving ties with South Korea in recent ...