Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] The “rice coupons” that the central government recommends local governments provide are a misguided approach to countering rising prices. To ensure people can eat ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has two role models in politics. One is Margaret Thatcher, the first ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's push for municipalities to hand out "rice vouchers" under her latest ...

As the final session began at last month's Berlin security conference, U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said he ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's push for municipalities to hand out "rice vouchers" under her latest inflation-relief program ...

AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su arrives at the prime minister's office, ahead of her meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, April 17, ...

After the three independent lower-house lawmakers pledged their support for the premier, agreeing to vote with the LDP, ...

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The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has effectively walked back the previous administration's policy of expanding production of rice, Japan's staple food, under pressure from farming ...

TOKYO, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan have been making arrangements for summit talks between President Lee Jae ...