Japan focused exchange-traded funds rallied as the Nikkei hit a record high after conservative leader Sanae Takaichi was elected the country's first female prime minister.

A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her ...

Surveillance video captured the moment an elderly woman was attacked by a bear. It happened in a residential neighborhood in ...

Sanae Takaichi ,who is set to become Japan's first female prime minister, faces daunting challenges—Trump among them.

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her ...

Sanae Takaichi’s ascendancy seen as historic in country where women remain under-represented in business and politics ...

[TOKYO] CHINA hawk Sanae Takaichi won the leadership on Saturday of Japan’s ruling party, putting her on course to become the ...

She is set to be named Japan’s PM when the Diet convenes for an extraordinary session, likely on Oct 15. Read more at ...

Quoc Vinh’s prayers while on a trip to Japan for finding love were answered when he met his dream woman in a gym back in HCMC ...

This year, thanks in part to the Kansai Exposition, inbound tourism from abroad continues on a record-setting pace. In 2024, foreign visitors contributed an estimated 1.7 trillion yen to the Japanese ...

The head of Japan’s Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns ...

Sanae Takaichi just broke Japan’s highest glass ceiling. The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted ...