Tokyo theatrics and Los Angeles ramen are muscling into the Las Vegas Strip. BLVD, the three-level dining and retail complex just off the main drag, is lining up two Japanese restaurant concepts and ...

A Yakult Lady might work 4 days a week, visiting between 30 and 50 houses, stopping at times to chat and inquire after a person's wellbeing.

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Plans for Ms Takaichi’s visit are focused on two potential windows – in early May and after the Japanese Diet rises in mid-July. They come amid confirmation on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has lauded nearly $36 billion in investment from Japan to support three American-based projects. It represents the first batch of investments by Tokyo following a landmark ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called a snap election and emerged with a two-thirds supermajority, lifting the LDP from 198 to 316 seats — a 118-seat, roughly 60 per cent surge — with her coalition ...

When handling domestic political affairs, it can be harder for a prime minister to govern with a large parliamentary majority than with a small one, because discipline becomes difficult to impose on ...

Japan's PM is basking in the strongest majority for a Japanese government in more than 70 years, thanks to a growing fan-base among young voters and savvy social media campaigning Show more Kate Adie ...

Max Pearson introduces stories from Japan, Uganda, Poland and Pakistan. A snap election has given Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the strongest majority for a Japanese government in more than 70 years, ...

After Sanae Takaichi’s extraordinary win in Sunday’s Japanese election, there’s no doubting her ability to pursue her economic agenda. The question is whether “Sanaenomics” will work to revitalise the ...