Without stability, we cannot push measures for a strong economy or diplomacy,” she added.The July election left the LDP without the numbers to govern alone – an unprecedented blow for a party that has dominated Japanese politics for nearly seven decades.

Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner.

Japan has elected its first female prime minister in a landmark moment capping three months of political uncertainty and wrangling in the country. Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi made history,

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 weakened Liberal Democratic Party is set to begin policy talks on Thursday with the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) as Sanae Takaichi, the ruling party's new leader, woos an ally to help clinch a prime ministerial vote expected next week.