A crucial party election Friday will determine Japan’s new prime minister
A crucial party election in Japan on Friday will determine the nation’s new prime minister. The vote by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will technically be to choose a new party leader, but since the party has a decades-long stranglehold on power,
Japan's splintered ruling party to elect new leader
A record nine candidates are fighting to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, amid public scandals and financial despair.
Japan’s next prime minister could be its first woman leader
Japan’s ruling party will elect its new leader Friday, and the winner will become the country’s next prime minister.
Nine ruling party candidates vie to replace Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Kishida
Japan finds out its next leader on Friday when the ruling party of outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida picks his replacement in a key vote that could affect the country’s political stability in coming months.
Explainer-How will Japan's ruling party pick the next prime minister?
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new president on Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lead a party that has governed the country for most of the past seven decades.
Will Japan get its first woman PM? Ruling party to elect new leader today
The LDP has remained dominant for most part of the post-war era. However, it has been rocked by several scandals and international conflicts that have left its once-powerful faction in complete shambl
Who Will Become Japan's New Prime Minister?
Japan could witness its first female prime minister as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party prepares for a crucial leadership vote.
Who is in the running to be Japan’s next prime minister?
Whoever the Liberal Democratic Party chooses, they will have to handle graft, the economy — and maybe Donald Trump. Here’s what to know about the contenders.
Japan’s prime minister race goes down to wire
The latest polling pointed to a wide-open contest between Sanae Takaichi, who could become Japan’s first female prime minister, Shinjirō Koizumi, who would be its youngest, and Shigeru Ishiba, a divisive LDP stalwart making his fifth bid to lead the party.
What to Know About Japan’s LDP Election—and the Possibility of a First Female PM
Japan’s ruling party is electing its next leader and likely the country’s next Prime Minister, with two women in the running.
Japan ruling party votes for next PM
Japan's ruling party will choose the nation's leader in a vote on Friday, with three frontrunners: the surfing son of a ...
What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's next leader
The vote is limited to the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentarians and dues-paying members. Because the party ...
Japan To Pick New PM, Party Leader Today | Key Candidates In Fray To Replace Fumio Kishida
With seven men and two women in the race, former defence minister Ishiba (67), national economic security minister Takaichi ...
JGB Yields Fall Ahead of Japan’s Ruling Party Leadership Election
Japanese government bond yields fell across the curve amid caution ahead of the results of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election due later Friday.
China stocks set for best week since 2008; Japan leadership contest in focus
Chinese stocks are headed for the best week since 2008 as Beijing rolled out a huge stimulus package to revive the economy, ...