A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had ...

An unknown perpetrator stabbed a female performer in front of a live music venue in Minato Ward over the weekend ...

A 24-year-old female office worker was attacked and had her backpack stolen on the sidewalk in front of a public housing complex in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, police said Sunday. The incident ...

President Donald Trump offered complimentary words about Sanae Takaichi — Japan’s first female prime minister — upon arriving in Japan on Monday. Takaichi’s resume blends her strong brand of ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her first policy speech in the parliament, in Tokyo, Japan, October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith ...

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, ending a three-month power struggle after disastrous election losses in July for ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. Reporter Japan’s first female Prime Minister only stepped into her role last week and ...

Hasegawa between her characters, Ijiwaru Baasan (Granny Mischief) and Sazae-san (Mrs. Sazae). Hasegawa Machiko was born in 1920, in Saga Prefecture and is regarded as one of Japan’s pioneering female ...

President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Japan on Tuesday shortly after she became the country’s first female prime minister, and the two touted the strength of the ...

Sometimes this was expressed as out-and-out adulation and other times as a bitter denial of any connection whatsoever, and ...