Who is Sanae Takaichi? Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ calls snap election after only three months as PM - Conservative leader is seeking ...

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi stunned the world when she declared publicly in the Japanese legislature, that a Taiwan ...

Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a security and defense policy ahead of schedule while facing China’s ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian presided over a regular press conference on December 26. A reporter from a Russian media outlet asked about remarks made by Russian Foreign Ministry ...

Visiting Japan's Yasukuni Shrine represents a step back in the direction of militarism in East Asia, according to Kwon Ki-sik, who is head of the Korea-China City Friendship Association. Kwon said ...

Family members of Koreans forcibly conscripted by Japan during World War II have filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of the names of the deceased from a controversial Japanese shrine that honors war ...

Driving around Tokyo blaring slogans on the 84th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, ultra-nationalist outfit Taikosha only has around 100 mostly male, middle-aged members. But the ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

In Japan, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi has made history as the nation’s first female prime minister. Takaichi is an archconservative protégé of the late former leader Shinzo Abe ...

Something important just happened in Japan. Usually, the leaders of Japan’s long-dominant party look for conformity and continuity when selecting prime ministers. This time they have done something ...