Yokota Megumi, who was abducted by North Korean agents when she was in first year of junior high school, turned 61 on Sunday.

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative ...

Some investors expect Takaichi's win to push the dollar, now around 147 yen, above 150 yen - a level of yen weakness that ...

Takaichi has been a vocal advocate of "Abenomics", a hefty mix of government spending and monetary stimulus deployed by her ...

Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

As soon as the international press got past the historic news Saturday that Japan had just chosen its first-ever female prime ...

After two failed attempts, Sanae Takaichi finally achieved her long-held ambition. The 64-year-old was elected leader of ...

Sanae Takaichi was elected leader of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party and is likely to become the U.S. ally’s next ...

London-based Harrods has created an $81 million fund to compensate eligible recipients who say they were sexually abused by ...

Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, meaning she is likely to become the nation's first female prime ...

Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative ...