Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, on Friday submitted a bill to ...

With the population continuing to decline, down 5% since 2009, and people relocating from rural to urban areas, the scale of ...

This shift was compounded in October 2025 when Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi — a long-time conservative contender — secured ...

A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains in the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. Japan’s relatively new ...

The appointment of H.E. Mrs. Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s prime minister, the head of the executive branch of government in a nation of major global and Asian weight, and a key member of the G7 group of ...

In the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election held on 4 October 2025, Sanae Takaichi defied widespread expectations by defeating Shinjiro Koizumi, who had been considered the frontrunner ...

Donald Trump once said he didn’t expect to win the 2016 presidential election. Less than 10 years later and months into his second term, observers say he could go down as one of the most consequential ...

Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appears to be a modern "Iron lady" in the mold of Margaret Thatcher with all the controversy that entails. However successful her ...

Japan is moving ahead with a series of policy measures to bolster its defense capabilities, including plans to raise the ...

The Japanese government is considering submitting to parliament next year a bill to legalize the use of birth surnames after marriage, rather than pursuing legislation to allow married couples the ...

Strategy games are no strangers to political struggles. In fact, that's basically their whole thing. Hearts of Iron 4 is no different, as you take control of any nation in World War 2, to see if you ...