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 ...

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

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 ...

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 loss and ...

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 ...

We see a risk, however, if PM Ishiba steps down and Sanae Takaichi were to become the new LDP leader." Takaichi recently lost ...

In the final round of voting former Defense Minister Ishiba Shigeru bested Takaichi Sanae, the Economic Security Minister and a darling of the right wing of the LDP. Takaichi came as close to becoming ...

Meanwhile, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, who lost the party leadership to Ishiba in a runoff vote last month, could take over as LDP chief if he steps down. The next few weeks ...

There also aren’t many great candidates waiting in the wings. Sanae Takaichi, who Ishiba beat in the runoff election last month, is divisive. Shinjiro Koizumi, the third leading candidate in ...