The arch-conservative’s victory in the LDP leadership race opens new possibilities for the domestic economy and foreign policy.

Former premier and party heavyweight Taro Aso was finance minister when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deployed his "Abenomics" stimulus policies in 2013.

The arch-conservative’s victory in the LDP leadership race opens new possibilities for the domestic economy and foreign policy.

The first woman leader of Japan’s ruling party and the likely next Prime Minister comes from the hard-right bloc of the Liberal Democratic Party