In the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) almost continuous 70-year streak governing Japan, it had never had a female leader. That changed on Saturday (October 4) as LDP members and lawmakers elected the hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi to be the party's new leader and Japan's likely new prime minister.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, is racing to form her coalition cabinet after being elected as the country's 104th government leader on Tuesday.

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, marking a historic milestone in Japanese

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, will now help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance.

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan Innovation Party, met at the National Diet in Tokyo at 6 p.m. on the 20th and signed a document for a coalition government.

Following the historic coalition deal between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, unease is growing within b

Japan's likely next prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has finalised a plan to appoint former regional revitalisation minister, Satsuki Katayama, as finance minister, broadcaster FNN reported on Tuesday.