From recalling pandas to cancelling tourist flights, China continues to retaliate after Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.

"Sanae Takaichi wants a prosperous and muscular Japan but remains vague on funding her reforms," writes Jeff Kingston ...

Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will pledge in her upcoming policy speech to accelerate efforts to submit bills to revise tax-related legislation, aiming to cut ...

The conservative Prime Minister’s gamble seems to have paid off.

Japan’s prime minister won a huge election victory, sending geopolitical tremors rippling across Asia, and the world.

Asian currencies consolidated against the U.S. dollar as Lunar New Year holidays in most of the region dim trading.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got a historic landslide victory in last week’s parliamentary elections. This marks the first time since its ...

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she ...

The upcoming budget debate is a test of whether the prime minister can balance her promise to work with the opposition with ...

Japan’s economy eked out growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, reversing from a deep contraction in the previous period, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower house of parliament.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.