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What’s at Stake in Japan’s Pivotal Election
Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is aiming for power in an upcoming national election, with polls indicating a significant win for her...
A ‘Blizzard of Votes’: Takaichi’s Goal in Japan’s Unusual Winter Election
Japanese voters faced heavy snow on Sunday as they went to the polls in an election expected to result in a significant win for...
Trump Steps Into Tokyo’s Ballot Box
With just days to go before Japan heads to the polls, U.S. President Donald Trump has made an unusually direct intervention, offering what he...
BOJ Unlikely to Intervene as Takaichi’s Fiscal Push Fuels Bond Market Turmoil
Japan’s bond market has been rattled by sharp yield rises following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decision to call a snap election and unveil expansionary...
Poll Signals Landslide Win for Japan’s Ruling Party Under Takaichi
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is on course for a decisive victory in next week’s lower house election, according to a...
What Would Okamoto Say? Advice for Prime Minister Takaichi on Japan’s China Crisis
Yukio Okamoto died in April 2020, before he could witness Japan's most serious diplomatic crisis with China in decades. But had the veteran diplomat,...
Rearming Japan in the Shadow of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy
The US National Security Strategy (NSS) 2025 reflects Donald Trump's vision of “America First” asserting that the US will relocate its focus on securing...
Japan’s Yen Wobbles as Election Gamble Triggers Crisis of Confidence
Japan’s weakening yen has become a focal point of market anxiety as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads into a snap election framed around aggressive...
Japan Warns US Alliance at Risk Over Taiwan
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has warned that Japan’s security alliance with the United States would effectively collapse if Tokyo failed to respond to...
Japan Court Sentences Abe Assassin to Life in Prison, Closing a Trial That Shook the Nation
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in July 2022 while delivering a campaign speech in Nara, an incident that stunned a country...