Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a snap election on February 8, counting on her ...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Fred Mery NARA, Japan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime ...

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment, ...

The move by Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help her governing party regain ground after ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier admitted to killing Abe in July 2022 as the former prime minister was giving a campaign speech ...

Sanae Takaichi’s snap election seeks a mandate for debt-fuelled growth and tax cuts, sending 40-year bond yields to a record ...

Parliament will be dissolved on January 23rd and the election will be held on February 8th. That makes it the shortest ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves lower house of Parliament, paving the way for Feb. 8 snap election ...

(UPDATE) TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a snap election on Feb. 8, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she will call a national election on February 8, her first major test since ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a February 8 snap ...