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Japan's Takaichi set to call snap election

Japan’s Takaichi dissolves parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up snap election

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election.

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Japanese PM Takaichi dissolves lower house, calls Feb. 8 snap election

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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves lower house of Parliament, paving the way for Feb. 8 snap election

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Takaichi dissolves Japan's parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up early election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on Feb. 8.

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Can Japan’s Sanae Takaichi win over voters with Abenomics, tax cuts and military spending?

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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves parliament for snap election

Tepco to shut reactor at world's biggest nuclear plant

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Japan's TEPCO restarts nuclear reactor for the first time since Fukushima

TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant after inspections were completed, its first such move since the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

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Malfunction Forces Japan to Take Restarted Nuclear Plant Offline

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TEPCO to shut reactor at world's biggest nuclear plant a day after resumption

Black and white and sent back over: end of panda diplomacy as Japan returns bears to China

The departure of pandas will leave legions of Japanese admirers bereft, but it is also symptomatic of a dramatic deterioration in China-Japan relations

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Japan’s Bond Meltdown Is A Warning To Trump World

Shorting Japan’s government bond market has long been a “widow maker” trade. Many tried it over the last 15 years; few, if any, found real success.

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Japan’s long-bond yields surge to record highs. Why it may be a problem beyond Tokyo.

The problems in Japan may expand elsewhere.

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Japan will host summit with South Korea to bolster ties as Tokyo's relations with Beijing worsen

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit meant to stabilize ties between the two sometime-rivals as Japan's worries about Chinese power in Asia grows.

Tokyo listening bars—what are they and where to find them

The phenomenon of listening bars originated in Japan — and in frenetic Tokyo they offer a unique way to switch off, wind down and find inner peace.

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Japan artists born in 1966, the Fire Horse year, to hold concerts in Tokyo and Osaka

TOKYO -- A live event gathering artists born in 1966 -- the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac calendar, which occurs only once every 60 yea･･･

Why is Gen Z so obsessed with Japan?

I love Tokyo. If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it,' Anthony Bourdain once said. Young people are taking his advice to heart.

Japan records a 5th straight yearly trade deficit

Japan has reported it posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025 as exports were hit by President Donald Trump's tariffs and a diplomatic rift with neighboring China.