Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) having pulled in supporters from a far-right populist party during the weekend ...

PM Takaichi's overwhelming win is an indication of her popularity and an implicit rebuke to Beijing, which saw the results as an indication of a rightward shift in Japanese politics.

Japan's general election, which delivered a landslide victory for the ruling party led by Sanae Takaichi, marked a clear turning point in politics.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble that her personal popularity would lead to big election gains for her ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on course for a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic policies and tough stance on immigration and China.

North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympicsafter failing to secure qualification spots.

TOKYO — The defense ministers for Japan and South Korea, facing common challenges from North Korea, agreed last week to ...

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea on Tuesday that were likely short-range projectiles, South Korea and Japan said, as Washington and Seoul hold talks on transforming their ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to its neighbors, as the North heightens animosities ...

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Tuesday afternoon, Seoul's military said.