Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female Prime Minister in October; now she’s gambling it at the polls.

Becoming president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and soon the country’s first female prime minister is the easy part. Sanae Takaichi can rely on a fractured opposition to win a majority of ...

The Japanese legislature, known as the Diet, is set to meet for an extraordinary session to vote for the next prime minister. The vote on Tuesday follows the collapse of a 26-year-old partnership ...

Sanae Takaichi, the former Minister in charge of Economic Security, stands up after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election by a runoff vote against Shinjiro Koizumi, the Minister ...

Sanae Takaichi, the former Minister in charge of Economic Security, stands up after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election by a runoff vote against Shinjiro Koizumi, the Minister ...