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Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party faces an identity crisis

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is easily the most successful political party in the developed capitalist world. While ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Japanese party elects Takaichi to lead

TOKYO -- Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...
The Japan Times

Takaichi earned most among Japanese party leaders in 2024

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, earned the most among leaders of ...
Newsday

Japan's governing party is choosing a new leader Saturday to succeed Ishiba

TOKYO — Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Japanese party to elect new prime minister

TOKYO -- Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and ...
Click2Houston

Japan's prime minister resigns after his party suffered a historic defeat in a summer election

Read full article: Community rallies to support homeless man after video of random pepper spray attack sparks outrage Ishiba, who took office in October, said he was stepping down as prime minister ...
ABC7

Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM

TOKYO -- Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...
Boston Herald

The new leader of Japan’s ruling party, poised to be first female prime minister, faces challenges

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who is poised to become the country’s first female ...
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Japan's Ruling Liberal Democratic Party To Pick New PM On October 4

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will pick its new leader on October 4, the party's election committee said Tuesday, replacing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who resigned after huge ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The Party That Ruled Japan for Decades Is in Danger of Crumbling

Haruo Tsukamoto, 74, is facing what he calls the hardest political choice of his life: who he should vote for to become Japan’s next prime minister, and whether he should keep backing the party he has ...
The New York Times

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan Says He Will Step Down

The embattled leader is trying to head off a deep split in his party over a right-wing political surge, a weakened economy and turbulent trade relations with the United States. By River Akira Davis ...