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

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party suffered a major defeat in key elections this Sunday as a far-right party born amid the Covid pandemic scooped massive gains. Ishiba's Liberal ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 (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.

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.