Despite losing to Ishiba in a runoff in the LDP’s leadership election last month, Takaichi, a former economic security minister, received the most votes from ordinary party members and ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Ishiba was by no means a shoo-in for the LDP’s top spot. In the first ballot, he was outpolled by Minister for Economic Security Takaichi Sanae, a staunch conservative and erstwhile Abe ally.

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 the ...

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 ...

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 ...