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September 25, 2025

Generational change or gender breakthrough, whoever Japan’s next PM is will have a mountain to climb

Two candidates have emerged as favourites to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of the party vote next weekThe next leader of Japa...

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September 12, 2025

Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture

Devastating twister packs gusts of up to 168mph, injuring 89 people and leaving trail of destructionJapan has experienced the strongest tornado in...

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September 08, 2025

Japan’s next PM will face a problem that won’t go away with Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation

The ruling Liberal Democratic party is still grappling with the fallout from a years-old funding scandal that may see it go into opposition for just...

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September 07, 2025

Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous elections

Public broadcaster says prime minister has made decision to avoid divide within his Liberal Democratic partyJapan’s prime minister,

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August 27, 2025

Attempt to partner African countries with Japanese cities triggers xenophobic backlash

Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer tiesAn attempt to promote...

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August 10, 2025

South Carolina Republican: High prices are ‘for the good of the country’

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) acknowledged that the public is seeing higher prices as a result of tariffs imposed by President Trump, but argued the...

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August 07, 2025

Kudlow: None of the tariff 'gloom and doom' has happened

Economist and Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Thursday noted how many of the most dire predictions about President Trump's tariffs have not come to...

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August 06, 2025

Honda quarterly profits drop by half as carmaker feels effects of Trump tariffs

Fall in operating profits also due to losses on electric car sales in US but drop is less than manufacturer estimated

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August 06, 2025

Hiroshima mayor: Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies of history’

Eighty years after atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘utterly inhumane’ consequences of nuclear weapons as a...

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August 04, 2025

Weather tracker: Heat records fall as Japan and South Korea swelter

Fears for August as Kyoto reaches 40C and Seoul has 22 nights above 25C, while eastern Australia enjoys snowThe heat continues in Japan and South...

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August 01, 2025

Jamie Dimon changes tune on Trump tariffs: 'So far, so good'

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said he was less skeptical of tariffs in a Thursday interview after months of criticism of the Trump administration’s...

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July 31, 2025

Thursday briefing: How ​global ​preparedness ​prevented a ​tsunami ​tragedy

In today’s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guardGood morning....

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