By Kantaro Komiya and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin,

LDP’s Sanae Takaichi needs to find coalition partners from opposition to become Japan’s first female prime minister.

Trump called her role as Japan's first woman prime minister as a “big deal,” putting an emphasis on the U.S. commitment to Japan. While the president in the past has publicly scolded his foreign counterparts, he had nothing but praise for Takaichi.

The trial of 45-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami began at the Nara District Court, Bloomberg reports, where he admitted to fatally shooting Abe with a homemade gun during an election campaign in July 2022.

Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — a Thatcher-inspired conservative with heavy metal tastes and a passion for drumming — meets Donald Trump in her first major diplomatic test.

Investors are cautious going into Japan’s 20-year government bond auction on Wednesday as the shock collapse of Japan’s ruling coalition fuels fresh political uncertainty.

President Trump delivered a partisan speech to more than 6,000 U.S. troops in Japan this morning where he touted his political achievements, condemned Democrats and spoke about future military operations.

After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who called it a symbolic victory.Igarashi said she initially did not want Takaichi to be elected as prime minister because of her conservative policies,

European stocks dropped, with France’s CAC 40 sinking 1.5% after the country’s prime minister resigned. Bonds fell and the euro weakened. Stocks in Japan surged and the yen tumbled on the selection of a pro-stimulus leader.