Japanese stocks extend record highs Tuesday as investors wager that a new government to be led by Sanae Takaichi will maintain expansionary fiscal...

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets advanced on Tuesday, with Japan’s benchmark creeping closer to the symbolically important 50,000 level for the first...

Japanese nationalist and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi, who is expected to become the country’s first...

A staunchly conservative politician with a penchant for heavy metal is poised to make history on Tuesday as Japan’s first female prime minister....

Japanese junior coalition party Komeito has quit the government over a funding scandal. The split has thrown doubt on the likelihood of Sanae...

Takaichi won 237...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Anticipation grew on Monday that Sanae Takaichi will become Japan's first female premier, with the backing of the right-wing...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Anticipation grew on Monday that Sanae Takaichi will become Japan's first female premier, with the backing of the right-wing...

Ms Takaichi's untested alliance is still short of a majority in both houses of parliament...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her...