The Latest Breaking News from Sanae Takaichi

Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country notorious for its demanding work culture

Japanese singer Maki Otsuki, was forced to cancel her performance midway at an anime event in Shanghai in light of renewed tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan.

Cho Jung-tai insists Taiwan is ‘a fully sovereign and independent country’

Beijing says ‘shocking’ to see Tokyo sending wrong signal to Taiwan

Sanae Takaichi gets no meeting with Chinese premier Li Qiang at the G20 in Johannesburg after her comments about Taiwan sent tensions soaring

China slammed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments suggesting potential Japanese military action over Taiwan as reckless and shocking, calling it a “grave violation” of international law and threatening a military response against any “aggression”.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Japan has "crossed a red line” with comments by the country's new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has broken the glass ceiling to become Japan's first female leader

Tensions are rising between China and Japan again over a dispute in the East China Sea. Such tensions are usually over the Senkaku Islands, an uninhabited chain administered by Japan but claimed by China. The current row, however, stems from international anxiety over a possible Chinese invasion of democratically ruled…