Sanae Takaichi, who nearly became Japan’s first female prime minister, has been campaigning in the Lower House election on behalf of ruling party allies who were disciplined over the political ...

Anything less than a comfortable victory in Sunday's general election will put the prime minister in a vulnerable position.

It is none other than Sanae Takaichi, who made remarks referring to the policy change at the Diet when she headed the ministry. Even after the ministry officially recognized that they are ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on and stabilize the political situation after the ruling party’s ...

Among the favorites vying to lead the long-ruling, scandal-plagued Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is Sanae Takaichi, the conservative economic security minister who could become the nation’s ...

and Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who ran against Kishida in 2021. If Takaichi wins, she would become Japan’s first female prime minister. A record nine ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sanae Takaichi, one of the leading contenders to replace Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, said on Friday that the Bank of Japan should hold off on further interest rate ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative leader and protégé of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is aiming to become Japan's first-ever female prime minister. Japan’s ruling party is set to elect its ...

Sanae Takaichi, a 63-year-old advocate of deceased former premier Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" stimulus policies, is emerging as among three of the nine candidates likely to make it to the run-off.

The seasoned 67-year-old former defence minister beat arch-nationalist Sanae Takaichi -- who would have been the country's first-ever woman leader -- in the final round. The Liberal Democratic ...