Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female Prime Minister in October; now she’s gambling it at the polls. Here’s why.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to dissolve parliament and call a general election today. The announcement of a snap election comes just three months after she became the nation’s first woman PM.

The gunman who shot dead Shinzo Abe, the former Japanese prime minister, has been sentenced to life in prison.

TOKYO: A Japanese court will on Wednesday (Jan 21) deliver its verdict on a man accused of fatally shooting former prime minister Shinzo Abe, three and a half years after the assassination of the country's longest-serving premier stunned the nation.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday criticized China over its export controls on key materials bound for Japan as

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced the dissolution of parliament and called a snap election later this month, pitching the vote as a public verdict on her leadership and her ability