Sanae Takaichi, who nearly became Japan’s first ... Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, withheld party endorsement from a dozen candidates ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba defeated economic security minister Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to determine the head of Japan's ruling party. Ishiba is now expected to be approved ...

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 ...

Considered a defense policy expert, Ishiba secured a come-from-behind win against Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who hoped to become the country’s first female ...

Here are some candidates in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition who might be waiting in the wings if Ishiba is ousted. Sanae Takaichi Takaichi narrowly lost against Ishiba in ...

Considered a defense policy expert, Ishiba secured a come-from-behind win against Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who hoped to become the country's first female ...

Japan's next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday outlined his ideas ... year-old former defence minister beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi -- who would have been the country's first-ever ...

The Liberal Democratic Party chose Ishiba over Sanae Takaichi, whose signature policies include opposing Bank of Japan rate hikes. Takaichi was favored to win, and the surprise outcome prompted a ...

Shigeru Ishiba, has won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election at his fifth and final attempt, defeating economic security minister Sanae Takaichi in a runoff vote.