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Japan-US ties ‘key to deterring China’

TOKYO – Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Japan-US alliance was “critical to deterring Chinese military aggression”, as his Japanese counterpart confirmed plans...

Takaichi, Trump vow ‘new golden age’

TOKYO – Japan’s new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a “golden age” of ties on his...

Enhancing regional security cooperation

HEARTENING, that the Philippines and Japan have agreed to strengthen their security cooperation following an “agreement in principle” to have the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing...

Trump in Japan as hopes grow for China trade deal

TOKYO – Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Monday, the next leg of an Asia tour that could see the US president and China’s...

China hawk Takaichi named Japan’s first woman PM

TOKYO—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...

Japan elects Takaichi as first woman Prime Minister

Tokyo, Japan—Japan officially 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...

New deal puts Takaichi 1st woman PM

TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party is set to sign a new coalition deal on Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the...

Japan’s Takaichi sends war shrine offering

TOKYO – Japan’s leading candidate to become prime minister sent an offering to a Tokyo shrine honoring war dead, an official said Friday, but...

Japan’s Takaichi may skip visit to war shrine

TOKYO – Japan’s likely new prime minister Sanae Takaichi may skip a visit to a shrine honoring the country’s war dead during an autumn...

Japan’s Takaichi eyes bigger coalition

TOKYO—Japan’s incoming new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has approached an opposition party with a view to expanding the governing coalition to give it a...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first woman leader, is no feminist

Tokyo, Japan—Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first woman prime minister, but many of her positions are socially conservative in an often still deeply...

Japan ruling party leadership race on

TOKYO – The leadership contest for Japan’s ruling party kicked off on Monday, with five candidates vying to become the country’s fourth prime minister...

Japan vax chief Kono jumps into leadership race

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