Japanese voters head to the polls this weekend for a snap election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who became the ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling a snap election Sunday, counting on her unusual popularity among fans who see the hardline conservative as someone who speaks her mind and can bring ch ...

Sanae Takaichi’s hardworking persona and social-media savvy are resonating with younger people ahead of the country’s ...

TOKYO - Japanese political parties are split on abolishing the death penalty, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance not taking a clear stance on the ...

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

Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is seeking to secure her grip on power in a national election on Sunday, with polls suggesting a big win for her conservative party. Here are some ...

Japan lowered the voting age to 18 from 20 in 2016, but turnout among teenage voters has tended to be lower than in other age ...

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

Yen slips ahead of Japan’s snap election as traders bet on Takaichi win, reflationary policy continuity and weaker currency.

Thanks to her soaring approval ratings, Japan’s first female prime minster is set to lead her party to a landslide election ...

The party has right-wing social views: it calls the second world war the “Greater East Asian War”, adopting the nomenclature ...