Japan has never confronted the raw contradiction inherent in its postwar democracy: a nation reconstructed from devastation, ...

O VERNIGHT SUCCESS”, a thumping 1980s pop song, blared as Takaichi Sanae stepped up to the podium to announce her candidacy to lead Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ). The music choice ...

Ahead of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election (October 4), which will decide Japan’s next prime ...

Frontrunner Sanae Takaichi has broken with the ruling LDP's tightfisted orthodoxy by calling for government spending to boost ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is increasingly expected to raise its key interest rate at the October policy board meeting, as ...

Takaichi’s popularity among LDP supporters stems from conservative bona fides. But her win would also be a landmark for ...

Sanae Takaichi, a contender to become Japan's first female prime minister, said the country's central bank is responsible for ...

One of the candidates, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Koizumi raised the point that tax cuts tend to benefit higher-income earners. “Regarding such issues, the ruling and opposition ...

Kazakhstan has agreed to purchase 300 freight locomotives to the tune of $4.2 billion; Uzbekistan will buy at least 14 Boeing ...

Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, vying to become the next prime minister, suggests using government bonds to counter rising living costs if necessary. Takaichi, a proponent of fiscal stimulus, ...

Sanae Takaichi, a Japanese prime minister contender, suggested using additional government bonds to offset rising living costs if extra tax revenues prove insufficient. Takaichi emphasized the ...

Japan's former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party Toshimitsu Motegi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former economic ...