The measures come as the country’s conservative leader Sanae Takaichi looks to deliver on election promises, which were ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took to social media over the weekend touting efforts to revise the country’s rules ...

TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A 20-year-old US Marine was arrested on Sunday in Japan's Okinawa prefecture on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman, police said. Devin Jacob Ballard, ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday described as "deeply regrettable" the occurrence ...

U.S. President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during their recent phone call that he had urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to engage in direct talks with Japan during the U.S.-China ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has repeatedly suggested the BOJ should raise interest rates to help the yen find an ...

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

Top priority has been given to a bill reducing the consumption tax on food and beverages from 8% to 1% over a two-year period ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will call for the United Nations to remove references in its charter that refer to ...

At the Japan Growth Strategy Council on October 1, 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a policy to formulate an ...

Satsuki Katayama signals prospect of fresh currency intervention with US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s blessing ...