Polls are predicting a landslide for Sanae Takaichi on Sunday, which would give her direct public backing as she seeks to ...

Panda diplomacy can help strengthen China’s international relationships, but it also exposes Beijing to public backlash.

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Japan's new leader enjoys support among younger voters but wants to consolidate her position in an election that will decide ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as ...

Behind black iron fencing, soldiers run laps in full view of the nervous residents of Kumamoto in far-western Japan.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday's snap election as ...

TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is seeking to secure her grip on power in a ...

The exercises, which included long-range live-fire drills, were described by Chinese officials as a “serious warning to ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump gave his "total endorsement" of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of a snap election ...

ISHIGAKI, Japan, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed ...