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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year, the Japanese foreign ministry says. However, the White House is yet to confirm the call ...

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 ...

Japan's first woman Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has raised her voice in support of other women parliamentarians' call for more women's toilets in the Parliament complex. Presently, there are just ...

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 ...

Speaking in a meeting with the leading figures of Japan’s content industry, including anime director Mamoru Oshii, musician Demon Kakka, and producer Tetsuya Komuro, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...

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 ...