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.

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 ...

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

including potential moves to elevate Ishiba’s LDP presidential contest rival Takaichi Sanae to the party’s top post, with an eye on the House of Councillors election expected by the summer of ...

Meanwhile, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, who lost the party leadership to Ishiba in a runoff vote last month, could take over as LDP chief if he steps down. The next few weeks ...

First is whether the administration can withstand internal fissures. The primary reason for the LDP’s loss is the public’s long-standing disdain for its mixture of politics and money. Although the ...

The Japanese people have had their say at the polls. And they've handed the ruling coalition a stinging rebuke.

While he won the LDP leadership race on Sept ... of names such as former minister in charge of economic security Sanae Takaichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi as well as finance ...

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 ...

We see a risk, however, if PM Ishiba steps down and Sanae Takaichi were to become the new LDP leader." Takaichi recently lost ...