TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a ...

The winner of a mayoral election in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, was decided by a lottery after two candidates ...

This dissolution, which came later in the afternoon and just eight days after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office, marks the shortest interval between a prime minister's inauguration and a lower ...

STORY: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in office on Monday after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections the day prior. “I am not currently ...

Concerns that Takaichi’s spending plans will worsen Japan’s fiscal health have sent government bonds tumbling and exacerbated ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned on Sunday, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy uncertainty at a shaky moment for the world's fourth-largest economy.

Japan scrambled fighter jets on Sunday after accusing China of flying a drone near its southern island of Yonaguni amid ...

Close aides to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have expressed concern about her round-the-clock approach and the lack ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated while potentially prolonged political paralysis and a ...

TOKYO — Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...

A re-run of last summer's turmoil where a rise in the Japanese yen caused chaos throughout financial markets is threatened by this weekend's Japanese elections, a strategist warns. Last summer, a ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics.