Asian shares advance, with Japan’s benchmark surging after ruling party forms new coalitionBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterThe Associated PressBANGKOKAsian markets have surged after Wall Street ...

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

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 ...

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

Japan's governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female prime minister, after ...

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, after the ...

The Japanese yen weakened on Monday as expectations grew that Sanae Takaichi, a staunch supporter of aggressive fiscal and ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held ...

Takaichi became leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) earlier this month, but her bid to become premier was derailed by the collapse of her ruling coalition.

Japan is on the verge of a historic political shift as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Sanae Takaichi as its first woman president earlier this month. Many ...

The trigger was the election on October 4th of Takaichi Sanae (pictured), a hardline conservative, as the LDP’s new leader.