Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s snap election gambit appears to have paid off, with her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) winning a majority of seats in parliament, Japanese broadcaster NHK ...

TOKYO -- Minor Japanese opposition parties Sanseito and Team Mirai both dramatically increased their seats in the proportional representation segment of the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae‘s wager on a snap election paid off spectacularly Sunday, with her Liberal Democratic Party securing an unprecedented single-handed two-thirds majority in the ...

The recent victory of Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is a boon for the U.S.-Japanese relationship. Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party won a mandate in the snap elections. And Washington might have won ...

Since the first week of October 2025, the overall S&P 500 expected EPS growth rate has risen from 10.8% on October 3, ’25 to 14.3% as of February 6, ’26, with most of that improvement coming from ...

Takaichi Sanae speaking at the LDP presidential election, where she was elected leader of the party in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 4, 2025. Credit: Liberal Democratic Party The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo ...

Japan faces a big turning point after conservatives secure a two-thirds parliamentary supermajority. A decisive election outcome for Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party in early February has sparked ...

TOKYO: Japanese workers' real wages fell in every month of 2025, underscoring the persistence of inflation and bolstering the ...

Japan’s parliament has elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the nation’s first female prime minister. A protege of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Takaichi received 237 votes in ...