Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

Tokyo has launched urgent diplomatic outreach as Beijing ramps up retaliation, media attacks, and travel warnings over Takaichi’s Taiwan comments

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party marked the 70th anniversary of its founding on Saturday amid concerns that reforms after a po

Japan’s longer-maturity sovereign bonds tumbled further Tuesday as investor worries deepened that a big economic package from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi would damage the nation’s public finances.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi tells Indonesia that the security environment has become "increasingly severe".

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda said Wednesday he met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and briefed her on a Japan-U.S. aut

Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, after her party struck a coalition deal expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

The first formal meeting between BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda and new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could shape Japan's interest rate strategy. With market focus on potential rate hikes and currency volatility,