TOKYO -- A new contender poised to join the race to succeed Japanese leader Yoshihide Suga could become the country's first female prime minister, as former communications minister Sanae Takaichi intends to declare her candidacy for the top post in the ruling party, Nikkei has learned.
Japan election
New contender in Japan ruling party race seeks to be first female PM
Sanae Takaichi backed by Shinzo Abe and other conservatives to lead LDP
Sanae Takaichi, a former communications minister, would become only the second woman to run for the leadership of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.
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