Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region ...

How Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remark stirred up a diplomatic storm between Japan and China - Japan moves closer to openly ...

Takaichi has called China an "important neighbor" and faces the challenge of balancing ties with both Beijing and Washington, ...

The witness is a researcher at the Nara prefectural police department's forensic laboratory who analyzed the homemade guns.

Seven guns made by Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with the murder of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were all lethal, a police witness said at Nara District Court on Thursday. The witness is a r ...

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a Tokyo hospital on Saturday, his first visit since announcing his decision to resign due to poor health, local media reported.

Japan’s first female PM faces fragile markets, bold defense goals, and the challenge of balancing stimulus with fiscal ...

Personality counts for a lot in politics, at least for a while. It’s giving Sanae Takaichi a big honeymoon in her initial ...

With Beijing wary about how new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, known as a China hawk, will handle policies toward the country, she could draw lessons from her mentor, the late leader Shinzo ...

Her worldview rests on the conviction that Japan must reclaim a central role in shaping Asia’s strategic future.

With Beijing wary about how new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, known as a China hawk, will handle policies t ...