A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of thousands of dollars after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis, police said Tuesday. The ...

Japan's first woman premier, and fifth in as many years, leads a minority government and has a bulging in-tray, not least the scheduled arrival of the US leader next week. But in her first remarks in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elects its first female president, Sanae Takaichi, who is likely to become ...

TOKYO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Japan stands a good chance of having its first woman prime minister or its youngest leader in the modern era after a vote on Saturday to pick the head of the nation’s ruling ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated Japan's hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi, who is on course to become the country's first female prime minister.

Sanae Takaichi, the former Minister in charge of Economic Security, stands up after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election by a runoff vote against Shinjiro Koizumi, the Minister ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --Sanae Takaichi likely will become Japan's first female prime minister, thanks to a coalition between her party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the right-wing Japan Innovation Party.

How one man escaped from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades ...

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's fifth premier in as many years will lead a ...