Takaichi’s growing influence is rooted in the dissatisfaction among party members with Ishiba’s leadership, particularly his disciplinary action against those involved in the funding scandal.

Ishiba, 67, a former LDP secretary-general, gained 215 votes in a runoff vote in the party’s election, compared with 194 for Sanae Takaichi, 63, the economic security minister. Takaichi won ...

The election is expected to shake up the ruling’s Liberal Democratic Party’s majority hold in the lower house.

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 ...

Both the LDP and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the main beneficiary of the election– though ...

Analysts predict a short tenure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that Japan could return to an era of ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is aiming to become Japan's first-ever ...

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 headed into a run-off between Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi, 63, who vied to become Japan’s first female leader. "We ought to be a party that lets members discuss the truth in a free and open ...

Japan has never had a woman prime minister and Ishiba narrowly beat one of its few prominent female politicians, nationalist Sanae Takaichi, to the top job in a party leadership vote. The 1,344 ...

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