Making Japan's future more accessible. "Japan Politics Navi," a site to solve the "whys" of politics, is now live! Nice to ...

After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who called it a symbolic victory. The three local councillors anticipate ...

The Japanese legislature, known as the Diet, is set to meet for an extraordinary session to vote for the next prime minister. The vote on Tuesday follows the collapse of a 26-year-old partnership ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's unstable political landscape is expected to cast doubt over its diplomatic commitments and could hinder progress in its ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first woman prime minister, but her younger counterparts say the glass ceiling persists – Copyright AFP Philip FONG After Sanae ...

In our previous coverage of FLJP, we were noting the issues post the election of Donald Trump for the market, given the automotive dominance in the indices. The market nonetheless outperformed the S&P ...

Japan’s rising anti-immigration reflects the growing influence of populist narratives that have supplied a ready-made explanation for existing anxieties about foreigners. Decades of accepting foreign ...