The yen weakened on Monday as Sanae Takaichi, an advocate of fiscal and monetary stimulus, appeared all but certain to become ...

TOKYO -- A regional party that has led the turnaround of Japan's second-largest metropolis, Osaka, with a promise of carrying ...

Agreement, reached after phone call between 2 parties' leaders, paves way for election of country's first female prime ...

A surge in the Nikkei led Asian markets higher on Monday as Japan looked close to installing a new prime minister, while a ...

Japan’s governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female prime minister, after finding a badly needed replacement for a crucial partner that left her Liberal ...

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average exceeded 49,000 for the first time temporarily Monday afternoon. At 12:35 p.m., the key index of major names on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime ...

FILE PHOTO: Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), holds a ...

Japan's ruling LDP will sign a coalition deal later Monday, its new partner party said, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to ...

Shares in South Korea added 1.0%, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firmed 1.3% ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country’s first female prime minister, according to insiders.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on ...