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,

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.

Japan is experiencing an unprecedented bear problem. According to the nation’s Ministry of the Environment, the furry predators are confirmed to have killed seven people since March—the highest number on record since the government first started monitoring deaths in 2006.

Lawmakers in the Japan Innovation Party (Ishin) are set to meet this afternoon to decide whether to form an alliance with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that would likely lead to Sanae Takaichi becoming the country’s first female prime minister.

In an interview with The Diplomat, Germany’s ambassador to Japan emphasized that Tokyo is Berlin’s “premium partner” in the Indo-Pacific.

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

Bank of Japan Board Member Hajime Takata said the time is ripe for raising the bank’s policy interest rate, looking past political instability to reiterate his conviction after he dissented from a decision to hold policy steady last month.

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

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD Company Limited (OTCPK:BYDDY) (OTCPK:BYDDF) announced a new partnership with Aeon (OTCPK:AONNY) on Monday to expand the sale of electric vehicles in Japan. BYD will distribute its electric vehicles through Aeon’s (OTCPK:AONNY) retail network,