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 ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, a onetime internal affairs minister in the same conservative mold as her ally and mentor former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, cleared the minimum 20 backers in the ruling Liberal ...

Sanae Takaichi Takaichi narrowly lost against Ishiba in the LDP’s leadership last month. She could be up for another shot at the top job if she can successfully blame Ishiba for the election ...

He had beaten hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi last month on his fifth attempt to become president of the ruling party. Voters had been angered by the mishandling of the economy, soaring prices ...

The TOPIX had earlier risen due to expectations that Sanae Takaichi, a female dovish candidate, could be elected prime minister (PM); these expectations had also weakened the yen. TOPIX only returned ...

Anything less than a comfortable victory in Sunday's general election will put the prime minister in a vulnerable position.

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