Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi became the seventh candidate ... 9 after securing the necessary 20 endorsements from LDP lawmakers to run. “The ultimate mission of the government ...

Sanae Takaichi turned him down ... who chairs the party’s General Council, as new LDP secretary-general, the party’s No. 2 position. Yoshimasa Hayashi, 63, who served as chief Cabinet ...

Since the race kicked off on Oct. 15, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi has crisscrossed ... avoided slush fund scandal-tainted LDP members, Takaichi did not. She received ...

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

The nine candidates running in the LDP leadership election (left to right): Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Analysts say waning support due to LDP growing distant from the public, with several opinion polls predicting it will ...

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 ...

Reuters Candidates for the LDP election (from L-R): Sanae Takaichi, Takayuki Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Shinjiro Koizumi, Yoko Kamikawa, Katsunobu Kato, Taro Kono, Shigeru Ishiba and Toshimitsu ...

Japan looks set for one of its closest national elections in years as voters go to the polls Sunday to decide whether to keep ...

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