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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba defeated economic security minister Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to determine the head of Japan's ruling party. Ishiba is now expected to be approved ...

Japan's ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, with national public broadcaster NHK projecting that the ...

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

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 ...

Such a fragile government will inevitably leave Mr Ishiba vulnerable to a leadership challenge from within his own party. Waiting in the wings is Sanae Takaichi, the preferred choice from the ...

Ishiba only narrowly won the party leadership over his ultra-conservative rival Sanae Takaichi, a nationalist who has criticised the country’s steadily improving ties with South Korea in recent ...

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.

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 ...

It is the first time since 2009 that the Liberal Democratic Party has lost its parliamentary majority. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that he intends to continue running ...