Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week hinted at a possible shift in the country's decades-old non-nuclear ...

By Kaori Kaneko KISARAZU, Japan (Reuters) -At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a ...

It all started when Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, suggested that if China attacked Taiwan then Japan could ...

Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have dramatically soured, with nationalist rhetoric in China and an apparent threat of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she "strongly hopes" the central bank achieves inflation driven by wages rather than primarily through rising food costs, signaling her administration's ...

We have no choice but cut off that dirty neck that has been lunged at us without hesitation," a Chinese official said.

Since taking office, Takaichi has shown a willingness to moderate on many issues – with the marked exception of national ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is accused of assassinating Mr. Abe with a homemade gun during an election rally in 2022. By Yan Zhuang and Kiuko Notoya The man accused of assassinating former prime minister ...

Shinzo Abe's alleged assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, pleads guilty as President Donald Trump meets Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi ...