The seizure of the trawler, which Japan said was sailing in its waters in the East China Sea, is likely to add to tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from Tokyo The ...
It was a risky gamble to call a snap election – her career was on the line. But now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is basking in the strongest majority for a Japanese government in more than 70 years. Here’s ...
SEOUL — Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) its biggest electoral victory in its 71-year history, fueling her ambitions to pursue to ...
A revival of the "Takaichi trade" is likely to be on the table Markets anticipated looser policy, boosting stocks and bond yields. Yen traders eyed 160 per dollar as intervention risks returned. In ...
Think ‘Japan’ and many evocative images spring to mind. One that probably doesn’t is a beautiful beach. Yet between the coastlines of Hokkaido island in the north and the tropical Okinawa archipelago ...
TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning ...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s huge victory in Japan’s parliamentary election is likely to strengthen ties with the U.S., says WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Jason Douglas. Photo: Kyodonews/ZUMA Press ...
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushed through a record supplemental budget and is proposing tax cuts, raising questions about how the government will pay for it all. By River Akira Davis Reporting from ...
Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a historic turnaround for her party, which had been hemorrhaging voter support in ...
Sanae Takaichi has made a big impression since becoming Japan’s first female prime minister last fall: charming President Donald Trump, starting a diplomatic spat with China and playing the drums to K ...
Polls projected a dominant Lower House victory for Japan’s ruling coalition under Takaichi. A strong result could restore full legislative control after last year’s political setbacks. Trump’s ...
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