Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi became the seventh candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, but she will likely face a tougher challenge this time than ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, a conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is aiming to become Japan's first-ever female prime minister. Japan’s ruling party is set to elect its ...

The leadership contest for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed almost uninterrupted for decades, went down to the wire on Friday, with right-winger Sanae Takaichi tipped to win ...

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 ...

defeating economic security minister Sanae Takaichi in a runoff vote. He is set to become the country’s next prime minister, with Fumio Kishida handing over the reins after almost exactly three ...

Japan has never had a woman prime minister and Ishiba narrowly beat one of its few prominent female politicians, nationalist Sanae Takaichi, to the top job in a party leadership vote. The 1,344 ...

Japan Politics Election Explainers FILE - Candidates of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, from left, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic ...

Abe-protege Sanae Takaichi coming in a strong second says a whole lot about Japan’s leadership. Thank goodness we avoided that mess. But her and her supporters still have a strong grip on policy — ...