Sanae Takaichi addresses a packed venue at a campaign rally on Oct. 16 in Nagano for a candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party who is running without official party endorsement. (Keishi Nishimura) ...

Sanae Takaichi, a onetime internal affairs minister in the same conservative mold as her ally and mentor former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, cleared the minimum 20 backers in the ruling Liberal ...

Markets were initially unnerved by the unexpected victory of Shigeru Ishiba in the run-off with Sanae Takaichi to become the next leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan’s next ...

In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on ...

Hours before winning a vote to stay on as Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba was caught napping in parliament. But with Donald Trump headed back to the White House, he needs to wake up fast.

but his veteran rivals Shigeru Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi are the ones pushing policies that could rock the boat diplomatically. Japan PM candidate Koizumi talks of change, but rivals could alter ...

Sanae received her first M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Puerto Rico (1994), and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. in Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy from the Ohio State ...

The two leaders will meet in Peru, where China has steadily expanded its influence in a challenge to the United States in its own region. By David Pierson and Mitra Taj Displaced young ...

Facing China, Trump to be “direct” in dealings with Africa Cameron Hudson talks about how Trump’s approach to competing with China in Africa will dramatically differ from Biden’s.

Hundreds of people gather across the country to honour the scores of women who have died in acts of violence.