Takaichi is expected to fast-track plans to increase defence spending, modernise military capabilities and give Japan a more ...

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Japan’s prime minister won a huge election victory, sending geopolitical tremors rippling across Asia, and the world.

Even as Japan was rallying to its courageous prime minister, China was inflicting humiliation on America’s closest ally.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the LDP ...

World stocks rallied on Monday, propelled by optimism around Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's thumping election win ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wins historic supermajority in snap election, earning Trump's praise for her "landslide ...

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral ...

A rally for global stock markets that began in Asia petered out by the time trading got to Wall Street. The S&P 500 slipped 0 ...

Who is Sanae Takaichi? Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ calls snap election after only three months as PM - Conservative leader took advantage of strong approval ratings to strengthen her hold over the ruling LDP ...

Takaichi has the largest majority of any Japanese PM since World War II. Now she must decide how to tackle Japan’s difficult strategic environment.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday she intends to keep channels of dialogue with China open despite ...