Japan's snap election could upend long standing political alignments, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi strong personally ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decision to call a snap general election on February 8 to seek voter backing for her reflationist policies pushed ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early ...

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

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary ...

Japan's new opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, unveiled its party platform on Monday with pledges to ease ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced at a Jan. 19 press conference that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party would ...

Japan is preparing for a snap lower-house election that could reshape the country’s political balance at a moment of economic ...

The market expert noted that on Monday Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had announced that elections will be held on ...