U.S. stocks drifted higher following big rallies for markets in Asia earlier in the day. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Monday and pulled closer to its all-time high set two ...

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

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s election victory is handing Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dilemma: Engage with Japan’s most ...

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

The Legislature should dismiss the proposal to repeal the water’s-edge election and instead focus on policies that preserve ...

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NEW YORK/LONDON >> The yen strengthened today after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s election victory, reversing six ...

The LDP’s landslide win gives it over a two-thirds majority in Japan’s lower house, paving the way for a constitutional amendment to Japan’s postwar constitution. Takaichi has announced that she is ...

Japanese premier Sanae Takaichi said Monday that the public saw an "urgent need" for major reform after a historic election landslide, pledging to boost the country's defences in order to protect its ...

Japan’s ruling conservative party won Sunday’s parliamentary elections by a landslide. NPR’s Anthony Kuhn reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Japanese politics is certainly not immune from today’s world of disinformation and misinformation. As Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, won a landslide majority in Sunday’s snap election, ...

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