In the near term, relations between South Korea and Japan are expected to stay relatively good, but as Takaichi carries out key points of her ultraconservative agenda, trouble is likely to arise down ...

Global shares are mostly higher and Japan’s benchmark topped new highs after a historic election win for the nation’s first female prime minister ...

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Rather, Japan has had a revolving door of prime ministers. Now the question is what Takaichi does with it. Can she deliver what has eluded the Japanese economy for decades: faster growth? Japan has a ...

President Marcos has congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her historic electoral win.In a social media post on Tuesday, Feb. 10, ...

Undeterred by Beijing’s economic retaliation for Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks, voters endorsed the prime minister’s ...

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. lauded the electoral victory of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, calling it a strong mandate from the Japanese people.

It was a risky gamble to call a snap election – her career was on the line. But now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is basking in the strongest majority for a Japanese government since World War II.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower ...

The outcome is Liberal Democratic Party's best in its history. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.