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October 19, 2025 11:13 AM
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ...
October 10, 2025 5:50 PM
Japan's Komeito quit the ruling coalition on Friday, dealing a blow to new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's premiership bid and potentially to her party's grip on power in the world's fourth-largest economy. TAKAICHI'S PM BID JUST GO...
October 4, 2025 12:19 PM
Japan's ruling party picked conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi as its new head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country's first female prime minister. The Liberal Democratic Party elected Takaichi, 64, to regain trust from a pub...
October 3, 2025 2:36 PM
Japan stands a good chance of having its first woman prime minister or its youngest leader in the modern era after a vote on Saturday to pick the head of the nation’s ruling party. The front-runners in the potentially historic Liberal Democratic P...
September 27, 2024 1:06 PM
Former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba was set on Friday to become Japan's next prime minister after winning a closely fought contest in his fifth and final attempt to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The 67-year-old prevailed over hardline...
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