Conservative leader is seeking to take advantage of strong approval ratings to strengthen her hold over the ruling LDP and ...

Tokyo — Japan is barreling forward with efforts to significantly boost its military capabilities to stand up to China’s growing threats by doubling annual arms spending. The goal comes as Tokyo’s main ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...

Jude Hall of Christ Church caught an 8-yard TD pass with 1:29 remaining Dec. 20 as South Carolina beat North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl 17-7. Watch highlights of Greenville boys basketball win at T.L ...

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is not backing off from comments about Taiwan that enraged China. Many of Japan’s voters like her stance. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan made remarks ...

TOKYO (AP) — Just days after taking office, Japan’s new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo sandwiched between ...

Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appears to be a modern "Iron lady" in the mold of Margaret Thatcher with all the controversy that entails. However successful her ...

Japan's first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a conservative with a traditional view of gender roles and a penchant for heavy metal music. Japan's parliament elected Takaichi on Tuesday ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner. Takaichi, 64, is set to replace Prime Minister Shigeru ...