A senior official of the Japan Football Association (JFA) has been handed a suspended jail term of 18 months in France after ...

Japan's likely next premier Sanae Takaichi is already facing criticism from her ruling party's long-time coalition partner, a ...

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...

Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to ...

A drummer in a heavy-metal band and a motorcycle rider as a student, Sanae Takaichi has called for a stronger military, more ...

The governing party’s unexpected choice of Sanae Takaichi as its leader and Japan’s likely next prime minister caused the yen ...

A bear walked into a grocery store in Japan and attacked two customers, the latest in a series of bear attacks in the country ...

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to ...

Traders have piled in on the "Takaichi trade" — a bet on stronger stocks, rising bond yields, and a weaker yen.

JS Chokai is in the US getting modified to carry Tomahawk cruise missiles, marking the latest step toward Japan acquiring the ...

Foreign investors scooped up a record ¥2.48 trillion ($16.3 billion) of Japanese stocks last week even as expectations of a ...

Japanese workers saw real wages fall for the eighth straight month in August, with a double-digit decrease in one-off ...