Academics favouring lower interest rates could challenge governor Kazuo Ueda’s efforts to normalise policy, analysts say ...

Takaichi directly linked the move to her plans to establish a new national security agency, which will consolidate and ...

The Liberal Democrats won big largely because of Takaichi, who had become prime minister in late October. Japan’s first ...

(Corrects day of week in first paragraph to Friday from Thursday) By Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - ...

The revelation that 315 MPs were asked to pick items from a gift catalogue evokes a slush-fund scandal that engulfed the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions from party leaders regarding PM Takaichi's policy speech during the House of Councillors plenary session at the Diet b ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday expressed hopes of deepening her relationship with U.S. President Donald ...

Japan reappoints Sanae Takaichi as Prime Minister, pledging to strengthen defense, tackle inflation, and reform immigration ...

Traders had an eye on President Donald Trump's ‌State of the Union address in the ‌Asia morning. The Australian dollar rose 0.3% to $0.7074 after a pickup in inflation raised the risk of rate hikes - ...

"Sanae Takaichi wants a prosperous and muscular Japan but remains vague on funding her reforms," writes Jeff Kingston ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.

Markets applauded new prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s victory – and Japan's economy and stockmarket have further to climb, ...