Takaichi’s growing influence is rooted in the dissatisfaction among party members with Ishiba’s leadership, particularly his disciplinary action against those involved in the funding scandal.

Sanae Takaichi turned him down. For a while it looked like Japan’s next prime minister would be a woman, but Takaichi lost in the runoff vote. Shigeru Ishiba, 67, the new president of the ...

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

If Takaichi wins, she would become Japan’s first female prime minister. A record nine lawmakers, including two women, vied for the job, with backroom dealing among party heavyweights making the ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is aiming to become Japan's first-ever ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on and stabilize the political situation after the ruling party’s worst electoral result since 2009. While he is expected to continue as premier ...

Ishiba only narrowly won the party leadership over his ultra-conservative rival Sanae Takaichi, a nationalist who has ...

Waiting in the wings is Sanae Takaichi, the preferred choice from the ultra-conservative faction of the LDP who Mr Ishiba, a ...

As part of the Olympic Dreams international sports camp project, young Ukrainian judokas from the cities of Bucha, Hostomel, ...

On Sunday, Japanese voters handed the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner, Komeito, ...

Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...