We have no choice but cut off that dirty neck that has been lunged at us without hesitation," a Chinese official said.

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 ...

This comes as Takaichi has pledged to revive the spirit of "Abenomics," a policy championed by the late Shinzo Abe, built on ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is accused of assassinating Mr. Abe with a homemade gun during an election rally in 2022.

As a boy, friends say, Yoshihide Suga - poised to be Japan's next leader - sledded down mountains in winter, ran track and ...

Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women ...

Since taking office, Takaichi has shown a willingness to moderate on many issues – with the marked exception of national security policy.

"There is no doubt that I have done all this," Tetsuya Yamagami said in court, admitting to the murder of the country's ...

On October 21, Japan elected its first female prime minister. Takaichi Sanae, a former economic security minister and a protégé of the late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, was elected to be the 104th prime ...

Trump called her role as Japan's first woman prime minister as a “big deal,” putting an emphasis on the U.S. commitment to Japan. While the president in the past has publicly scolded his foreign ...

Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...