The new foreign minister said the U.S. ally will show its determination to enhance its defenses to adapt to changing warfare realities when President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week.

Japan's new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to push for the accelerated revival of nuclear power to tackle inflation, a source of public discontent, with reactor restarts key to reducing costly fuel imports.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her predecessors Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, a Kyodo news agency poll showed on Wednesday.

Japan’s exports grew 4.2% in September, according to government data, on robust shipments to Asia that offset the decline to those destined for the U.S., which were impacted by President Donald Trump’

As Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi got to work on Wednesday, her government began finalising a purchase package, including U.S. pickups, soybeans and gas, to present to President Donald Trump in trade and security talks next week,

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape.

The relentless rush into gold pushed the price of Japan’s largest exchange-traded fund backed by the precious metal to a record above the value of the underlying asset, highlighting the risks to investors in a volatile market.

Hawkish on security policy, dovish on fiscal policy and traditionalist on social policy, she will move her country to the right

Outbound shipments rose 4.2% from a year earlier last month, bouncing back from August’s 0.1% decline, finance ministry data showed.