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Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s parliament is set to elect ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female Prime Minister on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), one day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner that would pull her governing bloc further to the right. Ms. Takaichi will…
Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s Parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female Prime Minister Tuesday (October 21, 2025), a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Ms. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a…
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Sanae Takaichi | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar When the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader on October 4, it marked a watershed moment in Japanese politics. For the first time, the ruling party entrusted its helm to a woman, and in doing so made her the frontrunner to…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday (September 7, 2025) he would resign, caving into ruling party pressure on him to take responsibility for a series of election losses, most recently in July’s upper house. Mr. Ishiba’s resignation will trigger a leadership race in his Liberal Democratic Party, with the winner facing a parliament…
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Shigeru Ishiba waves hands at his supporters after he was elected as new head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP), during the party’s leadership election on September 27, 2024, in Tokyo. | Photo Credit: AP Former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba won an election to lead Japan’s governing party on Friday (September 27, 2024) and…
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