MARI YAMAGUCHI
Japan’s first female leader is an ultraconservative star from a male-dominated party
TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in…
The new leader of Japan’s ruling party, poised to be first female prime minister, faces challenges
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s embattled governing party now has its new leader, former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi,…
Japan’s first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group
TOKYO (AP) — In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's…
Japan’s ruling party votes for a new leader, hoping to regain public trust and stay in power
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s long-governing party will choose a new leader to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in…
Anti-foreigner sentiments and politicians are on the rise as Japan faces a population crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of…
Japan’s ruling party opens leadership race to choose Ishiba’s successor
TOKYO (AP) — Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling party opened official campaigning Monday to find…
Bones found at Japanese site where Korean forced laborers died in WWII
TOKYO (AP) — Suspected human bones have been recovered at a wartime mine in Japan where about 180…
Japan deploys its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster defenses in the south
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the…
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors frustrated by growing nuke threat
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the…
8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues on nearby island
NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of…