Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape

For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. As Japan’s first female leader, she has many reasons to reach for her sticks

TOKYO (AFP) — Japan's ruling LDP and its junior partner signed a coalition deal Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country's first woman premier. The 11th-hour agreement with the Japan Innovation Party came just a day before the lower house was due to vote on Takaichi's appointment as the fifth prime minister in as many years.

A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan, reflecting Tokyo’s push to create more billion-dollar startups to better match the country’s global standing in scientific research.

Japan has beaten Brazil for the first time. Japan fought from two goals down to win the friendly 3-2 in Tokyo.

By Francesco Guarascio, Phuong Nguyen and Daniel Leussink HANOI/TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government and some of the nation's top manufacturers have warned Vietnam that a planned ban on petrol-powered motorbikes in Hanoi could spark job losses and disrupt a $4.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin,