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Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–In Saturday’s Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi unexpectedly defeated agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff vote. This outcome is largely attributed to support from the intraparty faction led by party supreme

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo police have arrested Keita Richard Kusama, a 29-year-old member of boy band “Ae! Group” on a public indecency charge. Kusama is suspected of exposing his lower body around the entrance of a building in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, who was elected leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, may appoint Shunichi Suzuki, the current chairman of the LDP’s General Council, as party secretary-general, informed sources said Sunday. Suzuki belongs to the only

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese marine survey vessel has been spotted within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture for the fifth time since late last month, Japanese Coast Guard officials said. The Xiang Yang

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, has conveyed concerns among its supporters to Sanae Takaichi, who was elected leader of the LDP on Saturday. Following Takaichi’s win in the LDP leadership election, Komeito leader

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Following Sanae Takaichi’s election as president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, opposition parties are expected to consider their responses to a parliamentary vote to choose the next prime minister. Speaking to reporters in the eastern

Taipei, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te “exuberantly” congratulated former Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on her victory in the leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday, calling her a steadfast friend of Taiwan. In a post

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, vowed to focus on efforts to cope with rising prices at her inaugural press conference on Saturday, noting that she will not rule out a consumption tax

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi as its new and first female president on Saturday, making it likely that she will become the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, beat agriculture

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)–Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, vowed to focus on efforts to cope with rising prices at her inaugural press conference on Saturday, noting that she will not rule out a consumption tax