The approval rating of Japan’s Sanae Takaichi new administration reached 71%, more than doubling the 34% approval rating of the Shigeru Ishiba administration immediately before it left office. It also ranked fifth among the highest approval ratings for Japanese administrations immediately after their launch,

Wi Sung-lac, the national security adviser, met with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso during his visit to Japan. Wi traveled to Japan a day earlier to attend the inauguration of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi has been elected Japan's first female prime minister after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.

Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Oct. 10 released a statement of personal reflections to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II by posing a tantalizing question: “Why couldn’t Japan avoid that war?

Passersby in Tokyo on September 7, 2025 watch a TV broadcast reporting that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided to resign as LDP head. Photo: VCG. Japanese Prime Minist

The prime minister pledged to 'do everything we can to protect the lives and the peace of the people of Japan.'

TOKYO (Reuters) -The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her predecessors Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, a Kyodo news agency poll showed on Wednesday.