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.

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 ...

Roughly 86% of economists polled by Reuters expect the central bank to leave its rates unchanged when it announces its ...

The election is expected to shake up the ruling’s Liberal Democratic Party’s majority hold in the lower house.

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 ...

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 ...

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 conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is aiming to become Japan's first-ever ...

Waiting in the wings is Sanae Takaichi, the preferred choice from the ultra-conservative faction of the LDP who Mr Ishiba, a ...

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 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 ...