Japanese prime minister marks 1st month with popularity at home, ire from China

The administration of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked its first month on Friday, with some polls showing her approval rating topping 80 percent, with the fallout from her comments on Taiwan weighing on international relations.

2025-11-21

Petitioners want aespa off broadcast in Japan because of Chinese member

A petition in Japan is calling for K-pop girl group aespa to be pulled from a year-end broadcast because one of its members is Chinese, amid escalating tensions between China and Japan over remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

2025-11-20

Japan warns citizens in China about safety as diplomatic crisis deepens

Japan has warned its citizens in China to step up safety precautions and avoid crowded places, amid a deepening dispute between Asia's two largest economies over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.

2025-11-18

Japan protests China's travel advisory over Taiwan remarks

Japan raised objections on Saturday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over the new Japanese leader's remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down.

2025-11-16

Takaichi faces backlash after suggesting Japan would exercise self-defense in a Taiwan contingency

Concerns are growing in Japan over the foreign policy direction of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the first sitting Japanese leader to publicly suggest that Japan would exercise its right to self-defense in the event of a Taiwan contingency.

2025-11-11

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi signals work on new fiscal target

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday she would instruct her Cabinet in January next year to start work on setting a new fiscal target extending through several years.

2025-11-10

Japanese prime minister requests meeting with Kim Jong-un over abducted citizens

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi requested a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to resolve the long-standing issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the North, Takaichi said on Monday.

2025-11-03

Xi and Takaichi hold first summit, vow to 'advance a mutually beneficial and strategic relationship'

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held their first summit meeting in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang on Friday, during which they emphasized their desire for a stable bilateral relationship.

2025-10-31

Lee, Takaichi vow to strengthen Korea-Japan relations in 'future-oriented way' in first summit

President Lee Jae Myung and the new Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, agreed to strengthen Korea and Japan's future-oriented cooperation amid a shifting trade order during their first summit on Thursday.

2025-10-30

Japan's Takaichi set to arrive in Korea for summit talks with Lee

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to arrive in South Korea on Thursday for a much-awaited summit meeting with President Lee Jae Myung on the margins of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering.