Country’s first female prime minister hopes a bigger majority will help her implement her political and fiscal agenda.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met in Japan on Tuesday, reaffirming the strategic importance of bilateral ties between their

The co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the LDP's ruling coalition partner, has said the prime minister's thinking on the matter had 'shifted to a new stage.'

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to skip the award ceremony for the winning sumo wrestler at the New Year's tournament, as the ring is traditionally off-limits to women, a government source said Monday.

The Japanese leader will likely use Tuesday’s summit to try to persuade her Korean counterpart that Seoul and Tokyo are in similar boats when it comes to national security and the economy

The dispute between two Asian neighbors began in November when Takaichi made comments that suggested Japan could deploy its military if China uses force to try and seize Taiwan

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi received over 60 million yen ($383,000) in donations from a local chapter of the Liberal Democratic Par