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 ...

The Ishiba Cabinet received relatively stronger support from older generations, while the Takaichi Cabinet is bolstered by younger people, the survey also indicated.

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is set to address parliament for the first time as prime minister, in a speech that will likely ...

Japan pledged $550 billion in investments, but it wants the money to benefit its own companies, making that a condition in a ...