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.

Officials from China and Japan are hoping closer bonds between younger generations can help stabilise their turbulent relationship, which faces challenges from issues ranging from wartime history to the impact of Donald Trump's policies.

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.

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has signed a deal with Innovent Biologics to accelerate development of the Chinese drugmaker's oncology medicines, it said on Wednesday. Takeda will help to develop Innovent's non-small cell lung and colorectal cancer medicine candidate IBI363,

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