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

Following the LDP’s landslide victory, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to use the firm base of her administration to ...

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

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

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

After inheriting a party in crisis, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi led her LDP to a thumping snap-election win — but ...

Conservatives are delighting in their view that she is the latest fringe figure to attain power, a position they believe she won thanks to her unwavering opposition to immigration. Liberals, meanwhile ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a commanding victory in a snap general election, clinching a two-thirds ...

She called for snap elections shortly after taking office, before a dip in popularity. Now she faces the daunting task of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's snap election won her Liberal Democratic Party a two-thirds majority in parliament's ...

Polls are predicting a landslide for Sanae Takaichi on Sunday, which would give her direct public backing as she seeks to ...

So Javier, how much of Sanae Takaichi’s election victory was about her, and how much of it was her policy agenda? It’s ...