Most stock markets extended gains Tuesday on further signs that China-US trade tensions were easing and as investors looked ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday ...

Sanae Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic ...

Sanae Takaichi is the first woman chosen to serve as Japan's prime minister. She favors a strong military, a strong economy — ...

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead ...

Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

The Japanese government and some of the nation's top manufacturers have warned Vietnam that a planned ban on petrol-powered ...

Japan's budding power futures market could be set for a growth spurt as a government proposal requiring retailers to secure ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held ...

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated ...

Share prices have soared in Japan recently on hopes that conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be ...