About two months ago, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrote on social media that she had broken a glass ceiling when she was ...

Ms Takaichi, a hawkish conservative, took office in October after winning an internal contest to lead the ruling Liberal ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is banking on the personal popularity of its leader, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, for the Feb. 8 election for the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi officially dissolved the parliament on Friday, January 23, 2026, to ...

An emergency meeting of the National Party on Wednesday night has led to the mass resignation of eight MPs from the shadow ministry. Follow live.

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, to life imprisonment for assassinating former Prime Minister ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling to gauge the distance it should take with Komeito, its former ruling coalition partner in the upcoming House of Representatives election. Komeito has ...

The Bank of Japan announced this Friday that its policy interest rate remains unchanged at 0.75%. The decision comes after a ...

Barely a decade after President Barack Obama announced a “pivot” to Asia, America’s commitment to the region is as tenuous as it was in 1975.