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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Japanese beer-making giant Asahi has disclosed today that a ransomware attack caused the IT disruptions that forced it to shut down factories this week. The Tokyo-based beverage holding company is the ...

Outside a Tokyo train station, hundreds gathered to hear Sohei Kamiya, leader of the burgeoning nationalist party Sanseito, launch into a critique of Japan’s expanding foreign population. Amidst ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister, but many of her positions are socially conservative in an often still deeply patriarchal nation. Takaichi, whose hero is ...

A bear rampaged through the sushi section of a supermarket in central Japan Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks that have pushed this year’s death toll to a record high. Two customers, ages 69 ...

The international community is now facing its greatest trial since the end of World War II. The existing order of world peace is being seriously challenged, and Japan finds itself in the most severe ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the choice of conservative Sanae Takaichi to be Japan's first female prime minister, calling her a person of "wisdom and strength." "Japan has just elected ...

Japan staged a remarkable second-half comeback to defeat five-times world champions Brazil 3-2 in a friendly at a sold-out Tokyo Stadium, earning their first-ever win over the South Americans in 14 ...

Japanese researchers have unveiled an "Interval Walking Training" method, potentially burning more fat than jogging. This technique involves alternating three minutes of brisk walking with three ...