The Japanese stock market has surged to a record high as Sanae Takaichi, the country’s prime minister, prepares to gamble on an election in early February.

A growing number of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers expect Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to dissolve the Lower House at the onset of the ordinary Diet session later this month.

Japan's main opposition party is joining forces with a former partner in the ruling coalition to set up a new party, as both rethink how they can win more votes at a snap election widely expected to be held in weeks.

On the afternoon of January 16, President Lee Jaemyung will meet with Taro Aso, Deputy President of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and former

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi stunned the world when she declared publicly in the Japanese legislature, that a Taiwan contingency could constitute a