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 ...

Stocks climbed on Monday as investors cheered a result seen as a mandate for the prime minister’s high-spending economic agenda.

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 ...

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’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower ...