A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, to life imprisonment for assassinating former Prime Minister ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi officially dissolved the parliament on Friday, January 23, 2026, to ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is banking on the personal popularity of its leader, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, the ...

The Bank of Japan announced this Friday that its policy interest rate remains unchanged at 0.75%. The decision comes after a ...

Ms Takaichi, a hawkish conservative, took office in October after winning an internal contest to lead the ruling Liberal ...

Barely a decade after President Barack Obama announced a “pivot” to Asia, America’s commitment to the region is as tenuous as it was in 1975.

Church leaders in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua have criticized the ‘excessive military’ presence in the region, terming it a flawed state policy to counter insurgency ...

An emergency meeting of the National Party on Wednesday night has led to the mass resignation of eight MPs from the shadow ministry. Follow live.

About two months ago, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrote on social media that she had broken a glass ceiling when she was ...

Japan’s opposition political forces have repeatedly formed new parties or merged with each other over the past 30 years in their efforts to counter the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party. The ...