Beijing has yet to congratulate Takaichi, who holds controversial positions on Taiwan and Japanese wartime history.

Japan will get its first-ever female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi, a former economic security minister, won a historic ...

Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister of Japan on Tuesday, becoming her the first woman to lead the country.

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after ...

Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 10 released a statement of personal reflections to mark the 80th anniversary ...

The prime minister pledged to 'do everything we can to protect the lives and the peace of the people of Japan.' ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday to pave the way for the election of a new ...

TOKYO - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned with his cabinet on Tuesday, marking an end to the ...

Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito made clear that his party would not have left the coalition if Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...

Ishiba renewed Japan's pledge to pursue peace in his message marking 80 years since the end of World War II, stressing the ...

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi held her first summit call with US President Donald Trump, emphasising that “strengthening the ...

President Trump has already floated the first demand he will make in talks with China President Xi Jinping set for Thursday ...