The measures come as the country’s conservative leader Sanae Takaichi looks to deliver on election promises, which were spearheaded by vast immigration reforms, in her historic supermajority election victory in February.

TOKYO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will pledge a nimble response to any unexpected developments in the economy and financial markets in a policy speech next week, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will call for the United Nations to remove references in its charter that refer to Japan and Germany as “enemy states,” a classification recently highlighted by China to criticize Tokyo amid a breakdown in relations over remarks Takaichi has made about Taiwan.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will submit the government's budget for next year as fuel subsidies narrow the scope for outlays in other areas. The spending plan could be his last before a general election, which must be called next year, as the current parliamentary term ends in December 2027.

For years Ms Takaichi presented her economic policy as an extension of Abenomics, the market-friendly programme of one of her mentors, the late Abe Shinzo. As prime minister from 2012-20, Abe unleashed monetary stimulus to fight deflation;

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reshuffled her Cabinet to boost her waning popularity while retaining key ministers.

Sanae Takaichi was voted in as the 104th prime minister of Japan on Oct. 21, becoming the first woman selected for the nation’s highest post. Takaichi, 64, will form a new Cabinet in the evening. At the extraordinary Diet session that convened on Oct ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took to social media over the weekend touting efforts to revise the country’s rules related to foreign nationals, days before some of those rules come into effect.

Japan plans to detail the first five years of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's more than JPY370 trillion (US$2.3 trillion) 14-year investment initiative, which is designed to spur investment in AI and other strategic sectors,

U.S. President Donald Trump has met with Japan’s newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo during one of the busiest days of his Asia trip.