The Innovation Party’s backing looks set to make Sanae Takaichi Japan’s first female PM, but analysts don’t expect their alliance to last.

Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi looks set to become Japan's first female prime minister after the right-leaning Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership.

Canadian Leylah Fernandez got off to a quick start and then had to battle to defeat Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the championship final of the Japan Women's Open on Saturday night.

Japan has beaten Brazil for the first time. Japan fought from two goals down to win the friendly 3-2 in Tokyo.

Taiwan's Yageo has completed a tender offer for Japan's Shibaura Electronics with an 87.3% acceptance rate, the electronic components maker said on Monday. "Yageo will comply with Japanese regulations and continue the privatisation of Shibaura,

The Grand Sumo Tournament is rumbling London's iconic Royal Albert Hall in a rare foreign foray for Japan's centuries-old sport.

TOKYO -- With Sanae Takaichi on track to be voted in as Japan's next prime minister Tuesday, work is underway on assembling her cabinet, with all four of her opponents in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race set for key roles.

By Kantaro Komiya and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin,