The Japan Innovation Party’s insistence on passing a seat-reducing measure could prove to be a sticking point in the relationship.

The government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party plan to revitalize the shipbuilding industry by designating it as a critical sector for economic security, on par with artificial intelligence and semiconductors.

Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday selected a new leader, the former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Takaichi, who comes from the right wing of the LDP,

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected Japan's first female prime minister in parliament on Tuesday,

Japan will have its first woman PM. The yen was sent reeling, as were Japanese bonds. With the unexpected resignation of the French prime minister, French bonds and stocks have been sold.

While Takaichi, who also serves as LDP president, did not offer ministerial posts to lawmakers involved in the scandal, she appointed Koichi Hagiuda, one of the scandal-hit lawmakers, as the party’s executive acting secretary-general.

Osaka, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) leader Hirofumi Yoshimura denied Wednesday that his party and its coalition partner, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will coordinate on the selection of election candidates.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday appointed seven Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers implicated in a high-profile slush fund