Sanae Takaichi turned him down. For a while it looked like Japan’s next prime minister would be a woman, but Takaichi lost in the runoff vote. Shigeru Ishiba, 67, the new president of the ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, who nearly became Japan’s first ... Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, withheld party endorsement from a dozen candidates ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

but his veteran rivals Shigeru Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi are the ones pushing policies that could rock the boat diplomatically. Japan PM candidate Koizumi talks of change, but rivals could alter ...

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 ...

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 ...