The New Leader of Japan's Ruling Party, Poised to Be First Female Prime Minister, Faces Challenges

FOCUS: Takaichi's LDP win may send Nikkei to 50,000, but uncertainty looms

The surprising selection of Sanae Takaichi as president of Japan's ruling party may further push up the Nikkei stock index to the 50,000 threshold, aided by a weaker yen as prospects of an imminent interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan recede.

Sanae Takaichi, Poised To Be Japan's First Female PM, Faces Challenges

Japan's embattled governing party has a new leader: former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative who is poised to become the country's first female prime minister.

Japan Set to Elect Female Nationalist, Pro-Taiwan, Anti-China Hawk as Next PM – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new president. With the LDP dominating Japanese politics in the post-World War II era, Takaichi will likely become Japan’s next prime minister. While the LDP has had strong prime ministers in the recent past, like Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe, its last three prime ministers (Ishiba, Kishida, and Suga) have failed to rule for at least three years. Her political hero is M…

Takaichi's LDP win may send Nikkei to 50,000, but uncertainty looms

The surprising selection of Sanae Takaichi as president of Japan's ruling party may further push up the Nikkei stock index to the 50,000 threshold, aided by a weaker…

Conservative Takaichi Sanae Set to Become Japan’s First Female Prime Minister

Takaichi Sanae narrowly won the race for leadership of Japan’s right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday, positioning her to become the first female prime minister in Japan’s history. Japan is gearing up for a special election to replace Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who announced his resignation in September after a few humiliating defeats for his party at the polls. Ishiba was also facing mounting public anxiety about alleged sche…

Japan poised to get first woman prime minister

What happenedJapan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, as its new leader, putting her on track to become the country’s first woman prime minister later this month. Takaichi, an acolyte of the late former leader Shinzo Abe and admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, beat out four male rivals in the second round of voting in Saturday’s leadership …