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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand:

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is one of the leading candidates to become Japan's next prime minister, who will be chosen when the Diet convenes for an extraordinary session later this month. [1]

Japan leadership raceTrump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief Former economic security minister would be country's first female prime minister U.S. [2]

WASHINGTON -- Leaders often dismiss the achievements of their predecessors, and in the U.S. -- where partisanship permeates daily life -- policies are being overturned like pieces in a game of Othello. [3]

Tobias Harris is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, an independent, nonpartisan policy institute. [4]

David Feith is an adjunct senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific security program of the Center for a New American Security in Washington and was previously U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia. [5]

Australia's new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, will continue to support Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to allow the country to become more "normal" in deploying military force. [6]

TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump lamented the impending loss of his "best friend" on the diplomatic stage during a call Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has announced his resignation due to health concerns. [7]

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation Friday after a consecutive seven years and eight months that marked the longest unbroken stint in that office in the nation's history. [8]

Note: This briefing is based on limited source coverage. The evidence may be incomplete or outdated.

Sources
[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-18 · 39% match

How Japan's new PM can confront the growing threat of war

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is one of the leading candidates to become Japan's next prime minister, who will be chosen when the Diet convenes for an extraordinary session later this month.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-07 · 34% match

Trump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief

Japan leadership raceTrump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief Former economic security minister would be country's first female prime minister U.S.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-13 · 33% match

Trump's MAGA finds ready allies in Japanese-First Sanseito party

WASHINGTON -- Leaders often dismiss the achievements of their predecessors, and in the U.S. -- where partisanship permeates daily life -- policies are being overturned like pieces in a game of Othello.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-12 · 39% match

Shinzo Abe's greatest achievement may turn out to be Fumio Kishida

Tobias Harris is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, an independent, nonpartisan policy institute.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-10 · 39% match

Next U.S.-China chip battle will require more than export controls

David Feith is an adjunct senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific security program of the Center for a New American Security in Washington and was previously U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-09-24 · 38% match

Brian Toohey: Australia's new leader to take a more nuanced approach to Japan's security stance

Australia's new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, will continue to support Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to allow the country to become more "normal" in deploying military force.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-09-01 · 36% match

Japan's next leader to face tighter squeeze from China and US

TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump lamented the impending loss of his "best friend" on the diplomatic stage during a call Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has announced his resignation due to health concerns.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-08-29 · 36% match

In pictures: Looking back on Abe's tenure, from Hiroshima to Mario

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation Friday after a consecutive seven years and eight months that marked the longest unbroken stint in that office in the nation's history.

[9] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 36% match

Trump picks new Federal Reserve chief

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday chose former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to head the US central bank when Jerome Powell’s leadership term ‌ends in May, giving a frequent Fed critic a chance to put his idea ​of monetary policy “

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-01-02 · 36% match

The looming leadership vacuum in the Indo-Pacific

Jeffrey W. Hornung is a senior political scientist and the Japan lead of the national security research division of think tank RAND Corp. in Washington.

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