TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday ...

Tomiichi Murayama, who has died aged 101, was a hitherto unsung politician who unexpectedly became prime minister of Japan ...

Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi, center, is elected as Japan's new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the ...

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Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday declared he would run for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a race he is heavily favoured to win to become the ...

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Heavy rain from a typhoon on Thursday battered a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo and the government urged residents ...

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Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo said Murayama “will be remembered for his moral courage in leading Japan to confront its ...

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who died Friday aged 101, was best known for his landmark apology for Japan's World ...