TOKYO (AP) — The jockeying for a new prime minister began on Monday as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s beleaguered long-governing Liberal Democratic Party struggles to stay in office as Japan ...

The fourth class of the Colquitt County Leadership Development Program (CCLDP) participants graduated Monday evening.

Japan Politics Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures as she leaves the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election ...

Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Oct. 4. [AP/YONHAP] Japan's governing party on ...

The outcome of Japan's LDP leadership contest means Japan will have its first woman prime minister. The yen was sent reeling, as were Japanese bonds, where the 40-year yield surged 15 bp to around ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling party picked hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country's first female prime minister in a move set to ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

TOKYO — The head of Japan's Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns over corruption, in a major setback for the woman who hopes to become ...

Sanae Takaichi, who is likely to become Japan's first female prime minister, is a conservative politician who has hailed former U.K. premier Margaret Thatcher and once worked in the U.S. Congress. On ...

Tokyo (CNN) — For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. Since drumming in a college band, the 64-year-old politician has remained a fan of groups like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.

TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party will hold public debates among candidates for its leadership race on Sept. 9 and 12, a senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official said on Friday. The ...