Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female Prime Minister in October; now she’s gambling it at the polls.

By moving early, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to consolidate her leadership, gain popular endorsement for her fiscal and security policies, and strengthen her party’s legislative power. Yet t ...

Prosecutors can still challenge a court's decision to a retrial in the Justice Ministry's draft proposal for systematic ...

XRP extends losses as US crypto legislation delays weigh on sentiment, but ETF inflows, rising utility, and bill passage hopes keep the medium-term outlook bullish.

By bno - Tokyo Office The rapid ascent of automated creative tools is no longer a theoretical concern for Japan's independent artistic community, as a significant portion of the workforce reports ...

Venezuela’s legislature opened debate Thursday on a bill to loosen state control over the country's vast oil sector in the first major overhaul since the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez nationalized ...

Despite all of President Donald Trump's saber-rattling this month, a repeat performance of his Venezuela operation against Iran is looking increasingly unlikely.

An expert panel proposed Wednesday that the government create programs for foreign residents to learn Japanese and social ...

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi says she is seeking a renewed public mandate, effectively tethering her political future to the ...

Rats have been making themselves at home in Eagle, so much so that they became the center of discussion inside the Statehouse Thursday afternoon. 🐀 ...

Sports bans for trans women, anti-LGBTQ+ bills in Ghana and Kazakhstan and hope for intersex rights - some key issues to ...