Japanese premiere Sanae Takaichi may have extra trouble sleeping after she moved into the prime minister's official residence, where ghosts of Japanese soldiers from a century ago are reputed to ...

Donald Trump says he struck a facility in Venezuela that was being used to load drug boats, as the U.S. also seizes another oil tanker. What's the latest on the effort to force dictator Nicolás Maduro ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had an “extremely meaningful” call with President Donald Trump and will visit the US leader later this year. The call comes amid heightened tensions in the ...

TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought on Thursday to ease market concerns over her expansionary fiscal policy, saying the government's draft budget maintains ...

Japan’s prime minister has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies’ toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women’s representation have led to long ...

US President Donald Trump is meeting US Ambassador to China David Perdue at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Friday, rounding off a day of diplomacy that began with a call with Japanese Prime ...

A survey by Japanese anime fans breaks down the top 10 most popular shrine maiden characters -- and Inuyasha fans win big without taking the top spot.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and US President Donald Trump have agreed to meet this spring and to deepen ties. The two leaders spoke by phone for more than 20 minutes on Friday night, Japan ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has kicked off the new year with a news conference. She spoke Monday after visiting Ise Jingu Shrine in Mie Prefecture. Speaking on the situation in Venezuela, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held talks over the telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump late Friday, with the two agreeing to arrange for the Japanese leader to visit the United States in the ...

Japan’s first woman prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, heads into 2026 with the advantage of a high public approval rating, but to maintain her momentum, she must manage five key risks while gauging the ...

Trump has already said he will visit China in April, with Tokyo and Beijing in dispute over Takaichi’s suggestion in November that Japan could intervene militarily in case of any attack on self-ruled ...