Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

Investors in Japanese government bonds are bracing for a potential power shift in upper house elections this weekend that ...

On the third anniversary of his assassination, the former prime minister’s legacy continues to loom large over the struggling ...

Mitul Kotecha, Barclays' head of FX and emerging markets macro strategy in Asia, says there would be pressure on the Bank of Japan to hike rates "less aggressively than would've been anticipated ...

Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi launched a fresh bid to become Japan’s first woman prime minister with a pledge to use public money to boost jobs and growth.

Sanae Takaichi, a well-known dove on fiscal and monetary policy, said that since inflation was being driven by high costs of energy, food and other commodities, the BOJ should be more cautious ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party official and candidate running in the party's leadership race, Sanae Takaichi, on Monday called for deploying "strategic" fiscal spending to support the economy.

Takaichi supports the imperial family’s male-only succession, and opposes same-sex marriage and a revision to the law that could allow women to keep their maiden names.

It’s watching the myriad ways Takaichi, the train’s driver (Non), and the dispatch manager (Takumi Saito) devise inventive solutions, such as connecting two high-speed trains in motion or ...

Sanae Takaichi, who nearly became Japan’s first female prime minister, has been campaigning in the Lower House election on behalf of ruling party allies who were disciplined over the political ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, Japan's minister in charge of economic security and a leading candidate in the ruling party's leadership race, said on Saturday the central bank should maintain ...

Ms. Takaichi, who would have been Japan’s first female prime minister, pulled ahead in the first round of voting, in which both lawmakers and rank-and-file dues-paying members were represented.