TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was under pressure on Wednesday after it emerged that she gave congratulatory gift catalogs to lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi admitted Wednesday to distributing congratulatory gift catalogs to all of her party's House of Representatives lawmakers elected in the Feb. 8 ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to a question from Masayo Tanabu of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Feb. 25, 2026. (Mainichi ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has said there is no legal problem with her distribution of gift catalogs to lawmakers of her Liberal Democratic Party. Takaichi posted on the social media ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday defended her handing out of gift catalogs to all Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers elected in the Feb. 8 general election, arguing it was in line with the ...

Swiss inflation stayed just above zero in January, offering limited respite to the Swiss National Bank from pressure to reintroduce negative interest rates. Consumer prices rose 0.1% from a year ...

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Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is. The veteran rocker announced Tuesday on his blog that he is providing free access to his entire music catalog to ...