Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hardline ...

Naoto Kan, who as prime minister grappled with a catastrophic nuclear meltdown, is calling it a day after deciding not to seek re-election as a Lower House member.

A new group within Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party was launched on Thursday involving most of its lawmakers, seeking ...

The leaders of Japan and South Korea have met for the first time since both took office, on the sidelines of the APEC summit.

NHK projects that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will win a two-thirds supermajority on its own. A two-thirds majority — comprising 310 seats — will enable the LDP to override any Upper House ...

After concluding the South Korea-Japan summit, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presented President Lee Jae Myung with ...

Polls show Japan’s first female prime minister and her coalition within reach of a decisive win in snap elections on Sunday. Sanae Takaichi got an additional boost in the form of an endorsement from ...

SEOUL — Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz. While Trump has ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called Wednesday for the "urgent" creation of a permanent trilateral nuclear consultative framework among South Korea, the United States and Japan, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers remarks during a joint press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. It’s not ...