Stocks climbed on Monday as investors cheered a result seen as a mandate for the prime minister’s high-spending economic agenda.

I stepped into Noue Hamono in Tokyo and completely fell in love with this tiny tool shop. The shelves are lined with handmade Japanese planes, chisels, engraving tools and sharpening stones, each one ...

Takaichi has the largest majority of any Japanese PM since World War II. Now she must decide how to tackle Japan’s difficult strategic environment.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters ...

Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a ...

An election poster with an image of Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is attached to a shop window, reflecting an ...

Takaichi’s decision to hold a snap election just months after her glass-breaking rise to power paid off as her Liberal ...

TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The biggest landslide win in postwar history has given Japan's Prime ‌Minister ​Sanae Takaichi a huge mandate to revitalise the economy, but investors ‌say she has little room ...

A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction ...

TOKYO – Snow fell in central Tokyo on Jan 2, the season’s first snowfall in the capital, Japan’s weather agency said. It was a day earlier than the average and 14 days later than last season, ...