Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi at the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Beijing has yet to congratulate Takaichi, who holds controversial positions on Taiwan and Japanese wartime history.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, is an unabashedly conservative icon of Japanese politics. Her election is set to change East Asia.

On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered her first policy address, which contained remarks on China that aligned closely with information disclosed by Japanese media the previous day.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) saw a decrease in airspace violations from China and Russia aircraft during the first half of Fiscal Year 2025 compared to the prior year. Japan scrambled fighter aircraft in response to airspace violations 265 times between April 1 and Sept.

President Trump is heading to Asia for his first trip to the region since taking office in January as the government shutdown persists with no end in sight.

The Typhon missile system is one of the recently fielded U.S. weapons designed to counter China's growing military capabilities.

Tong Zeng, chairman of Zhongxiang Investment Co, and also known as “China’s first civil advocate demanding wartime compensation from Japan,” passed away in Beijing on October 23 at the age of 69 due to illness after medical treatment failed,

Takaichi Sanae is hawkish on China, friendly toward Taiwan, and ultraconservative on historical issues. No wonder Beijing isn’t happy.

The Chinese government sent the new Japanese prime minister a congratulatory message when she assumed office -- without announcing the act. The move suggests cautiousness from Beijing over how Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will manage relations with Japan's neighbor.