Known for her conservative views, Takaichi opposes same-sex marriage and male-female surname reforms, supports the imperial family’s male-only succession, and makes regular visits to the controversial ...

The proposal is believed to be aimed at putting a brake on the LDP's intensified outreach to the DPP as a potential coalition partner.

Shigeru Ishiba is poised to give an address on Japan’s wartime past that could complicate incoming leader Sanae Takaichi’s agenda.

The new Liberal Democratic Party leadership, which launched Tuesday, strongly reflects the will of former Prime Minister Taro Aso, who backed the rise of LDP President Sanae Takaichi and was ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has shown his intention to release a statement marking 80 years since the end of World War II around Friday, according to Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of ...