Japan to order social media operators to combat misinformation in elections
Nine Japanese political parties from the ruling and opposition camps agreed Thursday to oblige social media platform operators…
Japan-South Korea ‘comfort women’ row stoked by statues abroad
Statues erected by South Korean civic groups on the other side of the world honouring the tens of…
The Paradox of Japan’s Anti-Immigrant Sentiments and Demand for Foreign Labor – The Diplomat
The success of Sanseito, an avowedly anti-immigrant party that won 14 seats in Japan’s upper house election in…
Aso-Led LDP Group Moves to Shore Up Support for Takaichi
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers are set to launch a new group to support Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi,…
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[Insider] Where Will Japan’s Bruised Opposition Go After Takaichi’s Big Win?
When Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae called a snap election on February 8, it was widely seen as a…
Japanese PM reaffirms intention to revise Constitution
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to media at her official residence in Tokyo, Japan April 8, 2026.…
Golden Week security assignments for Takaichi’s Cabinet
Japan is shifting its security diplomacy into high gear. The Iran war, the Ukraine invasion and growing uncertainty…
Japan Lower House OKs bill to boost intel capabilities
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to establish a national intelligence council designed to strengthen…
Can Takaichi Finish What Abe Could Not?
Six months into her premiership, Sanae Takaichi faces the question that long confronted her predecessors: can political momentum…
Takaichi marks six months in office as prime minister
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi marked six months in office Tuesday, after becoming the country’s first female leader in…
Ex-death row inmate’s sister slams Japan’s retrial review plan
The elder sister of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata, 90, who was acquitted in a high-profile retrial, on…
Takaichi rules out dissolving Lower House for snap election
GYEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA – Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has ruled out dissolving the Lower House for a snap…