TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a ...

And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously for the last 30 years, it’s now in a precarious position as it prepares ...

Former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister after winning the ...

Japan's Democratic Party's Shimba reports that the Liberal Democratic Party's Secretary-General has called for a meeting of party leaders :jp:.

Democratic politicians and celebrities face scrutiny over a decade-long pattern of controversial comments and violent ...

The comments follow Komeito's departure from the ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month, ...

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan ...

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held talks about a possible coalition with ...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, ...

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated ...