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Japan's Ishiba dissolves lower house for election

This dissolution, which came later in the afternoon and just eight days after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office, ...

Japan and China spar over Taiwan as Donald Trump tilts global ‘chessboard’

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region ...

Japan election: what’s next for Ishiba and the LDP after polls drubbing?

Analysts are divided on whether Shigeru Ishiba will still be prime minister and LDP leader ahead of the upper house elections next year Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insisted on Monday he ...

5 things to know about Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Newcomer wins east Japan mayoral election by lottery after tie in votes

In a mayoral election held in this east Japan city on Nov. 9, a newcomer candidate beat the incumbent by lottery after they ...
NatureOpinion

Japan’s first female prime minister doesn’t call herself a feminist — but the country needs her to tackle sexism in science

Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women ...
TheCable

Tinubu: Takaichi’s election as Japan’s first female PM reflects people’s trust

President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Sanae Takaichi’s election as the first female prime minister of Japan. Sweeping ...
Morningstar

Japan ETFs rally sharply as election of party leader Takaichi signals 'fiscal taps may stay open'

ETFs that buy Japanese stocks have surged this year, beating the U.S. stock market Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership ...