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 ...

Ishiba, 67, a former LDP secretary-general, gained 215 votes in a runoff vote in the party’s election, compared with 194 for Sanae Takaichi, 63, the economic security minister. Takaichi won ...

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 ...

Both the LDP and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the main beneficiary of the election– though ...

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 ...

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 ...