A contender to be Japan’s next prime minister, Takaichi is quickly being confronted by complicated coalition dynamics and tough domestic problems.

With the resignation of Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, Japan’s next leader faces a challenging international and domestic landscape. Reeling from electoral defeats, the LDP must navigate security and ...

Tokyo won’t walk away from Washington, but it also is working to strengthen economic and security ties with other countries.

Japan is more innovative than commonly understood, and more global than often given credit for. Too often the narrative for Japan is that it lacks the capability to innovate effectively in its several...