Former industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, known as a close aide to the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited the ...

Han Hak-ja is the leader of the Unification Church, a cult-like religious group also known as “the Moonies”, and the widow of ...

Japan’s former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for his historic apology over Japan’s wartime actions, has died ...

Just over 80 years have passed since the end of World War II, and memories of the conflict are fading. Why was Japan unable ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has ruled Japan in unbroken succession since Shinzo Abe’s landslide victory in 2012.

During her time in the U.S., Takaichi “worked briefly in Washington for Patricia Schroeder, a feminist congresswoman from the ...

Japan's newly elected leader of the ruling LDP party is primed to be the country’s next - and first female - Prime Minister, ...

Sanae Takaichi’s post-election fiscal agenda, featuring tax cuts, defense investment and semiconductor support, offers a near ...

In a break from her mentor Shinzo Abe, Sanae Takaichi, the incoming Prime Minister of Japan, may skip a visit to a shrine ...

Known for her conservative views, Takaichi opposes same-sex marriage and male-female surname reforms, supports the imperial ...

Takaichi Sanaes LDP Shifts Right with Hardline Appointments Aso Taro, Kihara Minoru among hardline appointees criticized for ...