Japan’s snap election: Who’s running, what they stand for, and what’s at stake - Sanae Takaichi is betting on her high ...

On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the Diet and called for a Lower House election on February 8.

The following are key campaign pledges made by major Japanese political parties for the House of Representatives election on ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early ...

The notion of Japan as a “normal country” did not originally aim to negate pacifism. Rather, it emerged as a proactive ...

Japan's new opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, unveiled its party platform on Monday with pledges to ease ...

By moving early, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to consolidate her leadership, gain popular endorsement for her fiscal and security policies, and strengthen her party’s legislative power. Yet t ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics. Japan's lawmakers just elected the country's first woman prime ...

(Philip FONG/AFP/AFP) 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 ...

Sanae Takaichi’s historic ascent to the leadership could have significant repercussions for the country’s relationships with China, Russia, and the two Koreas. Sanae Takaichi speaking at the ...

Japan enters 2026 confronting a convergence of political, economic and demographic pressures that mark a decisive shift in its post-war governance model. The 2024 Lower House and 2025 Upper House ...

Japanese voters weary of political upheaval will reluctantly head to the polls Sunday, in an election that promises to be one of the country's most complex and confusing ever. Polls suggest that Japan ...