Japan's Prime Minister contender Shinjiro Koizumi, who is currently Agriculture Minister and son of the former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, attends a press conference about his running in the ...

Japan's Prime Minister contender Sanae Takaichi speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae ...

Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party has opened official campaigning to replace its leader, outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba From left, Japan's former Economic Security Minister Takayuki ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who is poised to become the country’s first female ...

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a ...