The seizure of the trawler, which Japan said was sailing in its waters in the East China Sea, is likely to add to tensions between Tokyo and Beijing. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from Tokyo The ...

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is seeking to secure her grip on power in a national election on Sunday, with polls suggesting a big win for her ...

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election. Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the ...

Sanae Takaichi has made a big impression since becoming Japan’s first female prime minister last fall: charming President Donald Trump, starting a diplomatic spat with China and playing the drums to K ...

It was a risky gamble to call a snap election – her career was on the line. But now Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is basking in the strongest majority for a Japanese government in more than 70 years. Here’s ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s huge victory in Japan’s parliamentary election is likely to strengthen ties with the U.S., says WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Jason Douglas. Photo: Kyodonews/ZUMA Press ...

Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a historic turnaround for her party, which had been hemorrhaging voter support in ...

Polls projected a dominant Lower House victory for Japan’s ruling coalition under Takaichi. A strong result could restore full legislative control after last year’s political setbacks. Trump’s ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday at LDP headquarters in Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/AFP/Getty Images) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a mandate for her ambitious reform project ...

TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning ...

President Trump announced in a Truth Social post Thursday that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit the White House on March 19. The president also endorsed Takaichi ahead of Japan’s ...