Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on course for a thumping victory in snap elections on Sunday, a result that could however rile China and worry financial markets. Capitalising on her ...

Takaichi’s decision to hold a snap election just months after her glass-breaking rise to power paid off as her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured 316 of the 465 seats in the parliament’s lower ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, secured a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives (lower house) election held on the 8th. This marks the ...

The plan, which includes a ban on mobile phone usage in key government buildings, is expected to be submitted to Prime ...

TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning ...

NHK, citing results of vote counts, said Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, alone secured 316 seats by early Monday, comfortably surpassing a 261-seat absolute majority in the 465-member ...

TOKYO -- The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a ...

"Sanae Takaichi wants a prosperous and muscular Japan but remains vague on funding her reforms," writes Jeff Kingston ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) scored a landslide victory in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, winning 86% of the seats in si ...