Last week we saw the Japanese launch a surprise attack on the Russians at Port Arthur and the early stages of the ensuing Russo-Japanese war. This week, we’ll look at the final stages of the war, ...

Description: When during the night of the 8th of February 1904 the relatively small Japan launched a surprise attack against the behemoth Russia and its neutral fleet at Port Arthur, it marked the ...

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government.

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party ...

Sanae Takaichi, elected leader of the ruling party, wants more spending and has floated reopening trade agreement struck with Trump.

Sanae Takaichi ,who is set to become Japan's first female prime minister, faces daunting challenges—Trump among them.

The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also effectively Japan’s next Prime Minister, setting her up to be the first woman to ...

Hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi has won the leadership election for Japan’s ruling party, paving the way for the country to get its first female prime minister – and shifting the ideological ...