A cheat sheet for everything that happened in Japanese politics this year ...

As the nation’s first female prime minister, Takaichi has captured public attention for her workwear, with women scrambling ...

The recent rightward lurch of mainstream politics under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi means that suddenly some parts of ...

China and Japan’s diplomatic spat shows no sign of an immediate offramp even as the leadership of a Japanese political party ...

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted.

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

Opposition parties criticized the political reform bills, with a Komeito lawmaker calling one of them 'totally unacceptable.' ...

China is remaking Asia’s security map, but not in the way it intends. From water cannon confrontations in the South China Sea ...

Yuta Kato says he is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the streets near his work in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district or distracting ...

Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s fourth largest economy into a rare period of political uncertainty. Japan’s ...

The U.S. trade deal will further support improving economic fundamentals in Japan, which underpin our constructive equity positioning on the country. As we highlighted in our analysis last month, ...

What was supposed to be a diplomatic moment quickly turned into a meme fest after Katy Perry joined Justin Trudeau for their ...