The governing party’s unexpected choice of Sanae Takaichi as its leader and Japan’s likely next prime minister caused the yen to weaken and stocks to soar on Monday. By River Akira Davis Reporting ...

TOKYO — Japan’s governing party elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader on Saturday, setting her up to become the U.S. ally’s first female prime minister. Takaichi defeated Shinjiro Koizumi 185 to ...

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government. By Javier C.

Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal ...

6:52 p.m. - Some key quotes from Takaichi's post-victory press conference. - On rising prices and the government's relationship with the Bank of Japan: "Demand-pull inflation -- wage increases driving ...

The Trump administration has big plans for the massive pot of money promised by Japan and other countries as part of their trade deals with the United States. But the eye-popping sums, as well as the ...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...

Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries.

Tokyo — An agitated bear roamed the aisles of a grocery store in central Japan, injuring two men and frightening shoppers, officials said Wednesday, while Japanese media said a man was found dead ...

Two people in a city north of Tokyo, Japan were injured after a bear wandered into a grocery store and began rummaging through food, Japanese authorities said on Wednesday. According to Japan’s ...

Japan could end up with its first female prime minister or its youngest leader in more than a century after a party leadership election on Saturday. The governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is ...