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.

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 ...

Takaichi has since held senior positions, including internal affairs minister and chair of the LDP’s Policy Research Council. Related News Candidates in LDP leadership race seek out Abe’s support ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on and stabilize the political situation after the ruling party’s ...

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 ...

He narrowly beat the ultra-nationalist Sanae Takaichi, denying her bid to become Japan’s first female prime minister. By holding a snap election for the House of Representatives, a year before ...

Whoever is chosen must quell anger at home over rising living costs and navigate a volatile security environment in East Asia fuelled by an increasingly assertive China and nuclear-armed North Korea.

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, head of the Economic Security Ministry, and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba made it to the second round, according to a broadcast on the party's YouTube channel. One of them ...

Takaichi Sanae, 63, is Japan's Economic Security Minister. She has been elected nine times. This is the second time for her to run in the party's presidential election, following the previous ...