Sanae Takaichi will be able to push through a right-wing agenda now that the Liberal Democratic Party has a supermajority in the lower house...

By Alastair Gale and Sakura Murakami, Bloomberg NewsBack in October, Sanae Takaichi struggled to wrangle enough seats in parliament to beco...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition won a landslide victory in a general election on Sunday, a result that could significantl...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election, according t...

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a more than two-thirds majority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday,...

Combined with coalition partner Ishin, Takaichi’s bloc could win up to 366 of 465 seats in the lower house.

Exit polls say that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition is almost certain to win a single-party majority in a key p...

The LDP alone is projected to win as many as 328 seats, which would be its best result since 1996, when the current electoral system was ado...

In a historic political moment, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is on the verge of securing a sweeping majority in the lower house el...

Japan’s cherry blossom season has become one of the world’s most photographed travel moments—and that popularity is now forcing hard decisio...

The visits, which allowed former residents to visit the graves of their ancestors on the Russian-held island, were halted for reasons includ...

Polls have opened in parliamentary elections that Japan’s popular prime minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big e...

Struggling with loneliness, people in Japan use an online chat service for mental health support and social connection.

Total household spending averaged ¥314,001 per month, up 4.6% in nominal terms.