To govern, however, she will still need to court the support of other opposition groups, including for an upcoming supplementary budget. The expected deal with Ishin follows the collapse of the LDP's ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister, securing a crucial coalition partner after Komeito's ...

Japan’s governing party leader Sanae Takaichi is on track to become the country’s first female prime minister.

The government on the 17th expressed "disappointment and regret" over Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s offering of ...

The new head of Japan's ruling party, Sanae Takaichi, sent an offering but avoided visiting a controversial war shrine on ...

Sanae Takaichi, a foreign policy hawk who is vying to become Japan’s next prime minister, opted not to pray at a shrine in ...

The new head of Japan's ruling party Sanae Takaichi avoided visiting a controversial Tokyo war shrine on Friday, as political wrangling intensifies over her bid to become prime minister.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has sent an offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead to coincide with its autumn festival, public broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's LDP leader. She is positioned to be Japan's first female prime minister. Takaichi was born in 1961 and became an MP in 1993. She has been LDP president since 2025.

TOKYO -- Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become ...