Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary ...

Despite lifting the one-child policy to allow three children, the fertility rate remains low. Most families cite the costs ...

He’s vulnerable to the same quick hit that President Trump ordered to pluck Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from power and ...

Parliament will be dissolved on January 23rd and the election will be held on February 8th. That makes it the shortest ...

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Most Japanese households expect prices to keep rising for the next few years, a central bank survey showed on Monday, reinforcing expectations the country was seeing conditions fall into place for ...