The two may cross paths at the Asean regional bloc summit in Malaysia on Oct 26. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to debate next week whether conditions are ripe to resume rate hikes as worries about a ...

"We believe that strengthening the functions of national intelligence is an urgent need to protect Japan's national interests," Cabinet Secretary General Minoru Kihara said ...

A follower of assassinated Japanese premier and Trump confidant Shinzo Abe, Takaichi ended the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

Japan’s new finance minister said it is necessary for the administration and the BOJ to maintain close contact as monetary ...

A labour union boss has called Takaichi’s overtime relaxation plan ‘unacceptable’, warning it threatens workstyle reforms.

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose more than 1% on Friday, driven by index heavyweight tech stocks, and was poised for an ...

Sanae Takaichi, the pro-stimulus conservative poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, is an energetic nationalist with a soft spot for the hard-nosed politics of Iron Lady Margaret ...

Japan faces a demographic time bomb with an ageing population and falling birthrates but new PM Sanae Takaichi's anti-immigrant positions will not help the nation's economy, writes Adam Simpson.

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, and she ...

As countries gather for the Asia Zero Emission Community Leader's meeting in Malaysia this week, Prime Minister Sanae ...