TOKYO: Japanese stocks and bond yields soared while the yen fell on Monday after conservative Sanae Takaichi won the leadership of the rulin...

Since 1985, the Japan-Korea Summer Exchange Conference has provided a platform for students to discuss bilateral relations and build cultura...

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was set for a higher open. Its futures contract in Chicago trading at 48,105 against the index's last cl...

An unexpected result in Japan’s leadership contest over the weekend is poised to ripple through global financial markets with the yen alread...

Japan’s new Liberal Democratic Party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is one of its most conservative members. Aligned with Shinzo Abe’s nationalism,...

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Much depends on whether new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi can successfully find an additional coalition partner.

Japan's ruling party began voting Saturday to choose its fifth leader in as many years, charged with reviving its flagging fortunes as a new...

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Becoming president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and soon the country’s first female prime minister is the easy part. Sanae Taka...

Right-wing conservative Sanae Takaichi has won a critical leadership vote despite male-dominated national politics...

Sanae Takaichi, the pro-stimulus conservative poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, is an energetic nationalist with a soft...

The newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as party leader on Saturday, potentia...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her lik...