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Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

Japan's office market tightened further in the third quarter of 2025, with vacancies falling in half of the nation's major ...

TOKYO -- "Kokuho," a new film distributed by Toho about the life and career of two fictional Kabuki performers, has become the first live-action Japanese movie to gross over 10 billion yen ($67.7 ...

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the ...

59446.jpeg None TOPSHOT - Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo ...

Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to become the country's first female ...

NARA (Reuters) -Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on ...

FILE PHOTO: Sanae Takaichi, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate, shakes hands with supporters as the official campaign for the lower house elections kicks off, in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan, ...

Yukitoshi Arai, former hairdresser of Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), shows a mannequin head displaying a haircut he calls the “Sanae Cut”, a ...

In 1885, Itō Hirobumi took office as the first prime minister of Japan. During the 140 years since then, he is one of a total of 65 men to have held the office, up through Ishiba Shigeru (2024–25). In ...