Japan

Increased majority empowers her to draw Japan closer to the U.S. and spend more on defense and industrial policy

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is aggressively encroaching on one of Beijing’s most sensitive red lines – Taiwan

Sanae Takaichi has made history but will have little time to settle in before negotiating the pitfalls of rising prices, power struggles and a mercurial US president

Takaichi is a long-time admirer of Margaret Thatcher, but many female voters do not see her as an advocate for progress.

The president says Tokyo will face 15% reciprocal tariffs instead of the 25% he had threatened while the nation invests $550 billion into the U.S.

One person close to the White House said that it “may take months to hammer out the final deals.”

President Joe Biden rejected the nearly $15 billion proposed deal, which he and President-elect Donald Trump had both expressed opposition to.

The far-reaching document ranges from defense and maritime cooperation to nuclear disarmament

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister took office on Tuesday and formed a cabinet made up of numerous security and defence experts in line with his calls to strengthen regional military alliances. The majority of cabinet members are relative unknowns, marking a break from a string of corruption scandals that have hit the governing party.