Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is on course to win Sunday’s snap election by a landslide, according to projections.The conservative leader is ...

Takaichi coalition on track for big win, opinion polls suggest Promise to suspend sales tax on food has spooked markets Takaichi's youth support contrasts with the traditional LDP base Election ...

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election. Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushed through a record supplemental budget and is proposing tax cuts, raising questions about how the government will pay for it all. By River Akira Davis Reporting from ...

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

Snow blanketed swaths of Tokyo on Sunday as a powerful winter pressure pattern tightened its grip over the country. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), a strong winter pressure system ...

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Chinese airlines are canceling all flights on 49 routes to Japan, a move that marks a further escalation of the high-profile economic pressure campaign over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ...

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The spectre of coordinated yen buying by Tokyo and Washington has propped up Japan's currency, but history suggests the impact of an actual intervention could be limited, ...

TOKYO/BEIJING, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan's strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself ...