Sleepy at work? Just stand inside this windowless box and take a power nap. That’s the pitch from two Japanese companies that have unveiled a “nap box” designed to encourage a healthier office culture ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday he will step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election. Ishiba, ...

Japan is in talks to open a NATO liaison office, the first of its kind in Asia, the country’s foreign minister told CNN in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ...

Japan appears poised to select a new leader, and this will likely shatter the country’s longstanding glass ceiling: Sanae Takaichi is all but guaranteed to be chosen as Japan’s next prime minister, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he had decided to resign, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy paralysis at a shaky moment for the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Japan's first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a conservative with a traditional view of gender roles and a penchant for heavy metal music. Japan's parliament elected Takaichi on Tuesday ...

Japan’s first female prime minister, 64-year-old Sanai Takaichi, will be just one week in office when she meets President Trump at Tokyo on Tuesday for talks that could reshape the two nations’ ...

TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, emulating her hero, Britain's late leader Margaret Thatcher ...

The hard-line conservative is making history in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Sanae ...