Japan’s prime minister won a huge election victory, sending geopolitical tremors rippling across Asia, and the world.

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election, exit polls suggest.

Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a historic turnaround for her party, which had been hemorrhaging voter support in recent years — until she stepped to the helm.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to use her dominance of parliament after her huge election win to attempt to amend the country’s constitution for the first time in almost 80 years. The latest: Speaking last night at her first press conference since her victory,

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's passion for heavy metal earned her the moniker "Iron Maiden". She's also called the "Iron Lady", and is perceived as a China hawk. With her party's thumping

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday she intends to keep channels of dialogue with China open despite strained bilateral relations. "It is precisely because there are concerns and

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 share index has jumped 4.5% after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election.

A stomping victory by the ruling coalition government of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has opened the way for a major geo-strategic realignment in the Asia-Pacific region, with big implications for Australia.