Analysts say US President Donald Trump's backing of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi fits a growing pattern of aligning with ...

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister in October ...

The US president said Takaichi deserved ‘powerful recognition’, fitting a pattern of backing right-wing leaders abroad, as she seeks a mandate for spending plans that have rattled investors.

Beneath Kumamoto’s streets, a hidden missile hub signals a nation bracing for conflict Allegra Mendelson Asia Correspondent, in Kumamoto and Yonaguni, Japan Allegra Mendelson is The Telegraph's Asia ...

Young voters are drawn to a selfless, funny, and plain-spoken woman who has already broken taboos as Japan’s first female prime minister.

Sanae Takaichi last year climbed to Japan’s highest office after spending years within the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Now, months after assuming power, she has called a snap election ...

A JAPANESE city’s famous cherry blossom festival has been cancelled for the first time in the latest crackdown on tourists.

Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson speaks of experience with disordered eating - The former athlete said she ‘carefully managed and adjusted’ her eating to maintain her race weight of 45 kilograms.

A Scottish safari park has bid a “very sad farewell” to the only African elephant in Scotland, after her death at the age of 54 following a period of ill health. Mondula, also known as Mondy, had ...