Japan has given Takaichi a landslide win - but can she bring back the economy?

Rather, Japan has had a revolving door of prime ministers. Now the question is what Takaichi does with it. Can she deliver what has eluded the Japanese economy for decades: faster growth? Japan has a ...

Japan’s real wages fall for fourth straight year

TOKYO: Japanese workers' real wages fell in every month of 2025, underscoring the persistence of inflation and bolstering the case for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to continue down a more ...
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Japanese election landslide puts Korean spotlight on chips, Rapidus and TSMC

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a decisive victory in the February 8, 2026, lower house election after her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 seats, surpassing the two-thirds ...

Trump administration live updates: Members of Congress start viewing unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department

An NPR/Marist/PBS News survey released last week showed that 36% of adults say they approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 59% disapprove. In off-year elections last November, Democrats in ...
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Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ shows UK’s spineless Keir Starmer how leadership is done

Even as Japan was rallying to its courageous prime minister, China was inflicting humiliation on America’s closest ally.
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Japan's Takaichi to pursue conservative agenda after election landslide

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral ...
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FPRI Experts React | Sanae Takaichi’s victory in Japanese Election

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a press conference at the LDP ...

High expectations for PM Takaichi bolster voter switch to LDP in Japan election

It has been just 16 months since the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its former junior partner Komeito suffered a crushing ...
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Meet the Texas Democrats vying to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in November

Three Democrats want to bring new ideas to the role of Lieutenant Governor of Texas. But no matter who wins March's Democratic primary, they'll face an uphill battle running against incumbent ...

Did a Hong Kong fund kill Bitcoin? Bithumb’s ‘phantom’ BTC: Asia Express

Bitcoin ETF blowup shortlists a handful of Hong Kong fundsA popular theory explaining Bitcoins recent selloff points to an Asian fund whose leveraged spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) options ...
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The Nation’s Most Democratic State Might Elect a Trump-Friendly Governor

California’s nonpartisan primary pits eight Democrats against two Republicans; only the top two finishers advance. Do the math.
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Japan’s LDP Wins Supermajority

The LDP’s landslide win gives it over a two-thirds majority in Japan’s lower house, paving the way for a constitutional amendment to Japan’s postwar constitution. Takaichi has announced that she is ...