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

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

The yen rebounded modestly after weaker-than-expected Japan’s gross domestic product data triggered selling on Monday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

LONDON – The latest issue of the British magazine The Economist features an article on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi titled, “The world’s most powerful woman.” ...

In scenes normally reserved for J-Pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest ...