Japan's PM denies ties to Sanae Token, a memecoin using her name. The FSA is probing its unlicensed issuer amid global ...

Women currently lead 13 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, and 63 countries have had at least one woman serve as head of government, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

The cavalry arrived, in the shape of her mother Noriko Nakamura and a nanny who both travelled from Japan to her home in the UK, and a local maternity nurse. Nakamura was founder and chief executive ...

She rose to power in 1960 as a widow and mother of three, becoming the first woman in the world to serve as a prime minister.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to ...

The counting of votes to form the next government will take place today in Nepal. As many as 275 seats in the House of Representatives will be elected. Meanwhile, Canadian PM Mark Carney will begin ...

For Takaichi, however, cooperation among democracies remains essential. Like Abe before her, she places importance on maintaining solidarity among democratic nations through institutions such as the ...

Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated at age 54 on Thursday in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, spent three decades ...

For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

Kashiwazaki, a Japanese city hosting the world's largest nuclear-power plant, grapples with economic dependence on atomic energy while facing population decline and Tokyo's pull.

Team Mirai, a new party founded in May 2025, secured 11 seats in the lower house. The newly-elected lawmakers from Team Mirai ...

A former chief justice, Karki was chosen through a virtual discussion on Discord, the messaging platform, where thousands debated and voted.