Ishiba, 67, a former LDP secretary-general, gained 215 votes in a runoff vote in the party’s election, compared with 194 for Sanae Takaichi, 63, the economic security minister.

Ishiba, Koizumi, Takaichi lead crowded field in LDP election By SHINICHI FUJIWARA/ Staff Writer. September 25, 2024 at 14: ... 43, and Sanae Takaichi, 63, according to various media polls.

Takaichi placed third in the 2021 LDP leadership election and is currently trailing Shinjiro Koizumi and Shigeru Ishiba in the latest race. ... Sanae Takaichi, 63.

Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi launched a fresh bid to become Japan’s first woman prime minister with a pledge to use public ... Takaichi placed third in the 2021 LDP leadership ...

Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi became the first female candidate, and the seventh overall, to declare her candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election on Monday, just ...

Item 1 of 3 Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election, speaks during a debate at the Nixon Kisha Club in ...

Among the women floated for the Sept. 27 LDP presidential election is Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, 63, a veteran LDP politician likened to the U.K.’s Margaret Thatcher.Takaichi ran ...

SANAE TAKAICHI, 63. Representing the LDP's right wing, Takaichi serves as Japan's economic security minister. She is the leading female candidate in the race and ran against Kishida in 2021.

The LDP has a record nine contenders in a leadership race that will effectively determine the nation’s next prime minister, and it’s the fate of Sanae Takaichi that BOJ watchers are monitoring.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official and candidate running in the party's leadership race, Sanae Takaichi, said on Monday, "strategic deployment of fiscal spending will increase ...

Reuters. Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election, speaks during a debate at the Nixon Kisha Club in Tokyo ...

Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi launched a fresh bid to become Japan’s first woman prime minister with a pledge to use public money to boost jobs and growth.. The protege of late Prime ...