Changes to security legislation pushed by then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were considered by some to be so controversial, so ...

Mageshima is located in the narrow Osumi Strait, one of the few waterways used by the Chinese navy to gain access to the ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, front row center, during a group photograph with her new cabinet members at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.

From event highlights to connections made, here’s everything — both planned and unexpected — that went down at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan in case you missed it. On Oct. 13, World Expo 2025, hosted ...

Nov. 15 (UPI) --Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments about Taiwan have prompted the Chinese government on Friday to advise its citizens against traveling to Japan. While the ...

When the USD/JPY was free-falling toward 146.00 before the election results, few traders could have imagined such a sharp reversal was about to unfold. Appointed in early October as a replacement for ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -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 ...

Rice prices soar despite emergency stock release and supply reassurances New PM Takaichi faces challenge with inflation, farm minister favours rice coupon High rice prices boon for cheaper imports, in ...

KISARAZU, Japan (Reuters) -At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a chance to get a kilo or so of Japanese rice for 500 yen ($3.32) by carefully heaping as much of ...

TOKYO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Japan's reflationist advocates of expansionary fiscal policy are making a comeback in economic decision-making with some hand-picked by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to fill ...

Sanae Takaichi’s election as Japan’s first female prime minister signals both a symbolic shift and strategic return to Abe-era conservatism. Her leadership promises continuity in Japan’s Indo-Pacific ...