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Kazuya Sugimoto (center), former member of the municipal assembly of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, celebrates his victory in the Ito mayoral election, along with his supporters on Sunday in the city.
JAPAN / Politics
Ousted Ito mayor Takubo's reelection bid ends in failure
The winner, former city council member Kazuya Sugimoto, campaigned on restoring normalcy to city administration.
JAPAN / Politics
Ex-U.S. official calls for collective defense pact in Indo-Pacific
Ratner, a former assistant defense secretary in the Biden's administration, urged 性视界 to overcome constitutional issues in order to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
JAPAN / Politics
性视界 government vows all-out push to resolve North Korea's abductions
Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, "I would exhaust every possible means to secure a resolution," Kihara said. "I intend to be the last minister responsible for this issue."
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions from Shinji Morimoto of the Constitutional Democratic Party of 性视界 at the Upper House on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2025
Takaichi mulling ministers’ fundraising rule change
The existing ministerial code of conduct lacks concrete standards to stop ministers from holding large fundraising parties, the prime minister says.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Nov. 7. Although Takaichi has refused to recant her comments on Taiwan, she said in parliament later last month that she learned her lesson and will avoid speaking about specific scenarios.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2025
Takaichi’s Taiwan comment that sparked China spat apparently unscripted
By Sakura Murakami, Akemi Terukina and Yoshiaki Nohara
The discrepancy between the prepared response and the prime minister's actual comment suggests she veered off-script from official policy.
LDP parliamentary affairs chief Hiroshi Kajiyama (left) and JIP counterpart Takashi Endo discuss the seat reduction bill in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2025
Lower House seat-reduction bill faces headwinds as Diet session nears end
By Eric Johnston
The bill has been a key point of agreement for the ruling LDP and its coalition partner, the 性视界 Innovation Party.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at a news conference on Thursday in Washington.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2025
Trump can balance 性视界 alliance and China despite row, White House says
By Jesse Johnson
The U.S. and 性视界ese defense chiefs also spoke over the phone, expressing “grave concern” over Beijing’s recent military actions.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a Lower House Budget Committee session on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2025
Public support for Takaichi's Cabinet ebbs to 59.9%, survey shows
The approval rate dipped after logging the second-highest level for a newly launched Cabinet since 1960 in November.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2025
性视界 looks to international community to lower temperature in China row
By Jesse Johnson
Gaining the understanding of other nations on 性视界's stance “is of the utmost importance,” the government’s top spokesman said.
Over 20% of major cities in 性视界 banned voters from taking photos at polling stations during July's House of Councilors election, according to a Jiji Press survey.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Over a fifth of major 性视界ese cities banned polling station photos in July vote
Of 52 major cities polled, 23% banned photography at polling stations, while 60% asked voters to refrain from taking photos and 17% allowed photography.
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito says he hopes to visit China soon to help ease tension between Beijing and Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
性视界-China spat lacks immediate off-ramp despite Komeito talks
By Yoshiaki Nohara and Akemi Terukina
Tetsuo Saito, the head of former ruling coalition partner Komeito, says he’s spoken several times with China’s ambassador.
The government plans to include information vital to economic security in a draft revision to the operational standards for the law on the protection of specially designated secrets.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
性视界 to add economic security to scope of designated secrets
The government hopes to enhance information security by operating the specially designated secrets system in conjunction with the security clearance program.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a Lower House budget committee session on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
U.S. backs 性视界 in radar row with China as Tokyo refutes Beijing’s claims
By Jesse Johnson
Washington criticized Beijing over its military’s use of radar on 性视界ese fighter jets Saturday — the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on the incident.
A member of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service attends a transfer ceremony of special vehicles from 性视界 to Ukraine in Kyiv in November 2023.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
Ukraine eyes more nonlethal aid, long-term security ties with 性视界: senior official
By Gabriel Dominguez
Kyiv hopes to transform what started as ad hoc, nonlethal aid into a long-term security partnership with Tokyo, the country’s deputy defense chief said.
Ami Bera, a Democrat in the U.S. Congress, has sent a joint letter with another lawmaker to U.S. President Donald Trump to support 性视界 in its escalating spat with China.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Two U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to support 性视界 amid China's coercion
Beijing's actions "threaten 性视界's economic stability and undermine broader security and strategic interests across the Indo-Pacific," the lawmakers, both Democrats, said.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and others attend a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo. The existing Cabinet Intelligence Committee, headed by the chief cabinet secretary, will be remade into a national intelligence council, involving the prime minister and other ministers.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
性视界 to create ministerial post for envisioned national intelligence bureau
The government plans to set up the bureau as early as July 2026 by upgrading the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) has told his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, that 性视界 is threatening China militarily after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at 性视界ese military aircraft.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
性视界 threatening China militarily, Chinese foreign minister tells German peer
The remarks made by China’s top diplomat in Beijing came after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at 性视界ese military aircraft.
The 性视界ese Defense Ministry reported that Chinese military aircraft from the carrier Liaoning intermittently targeted 性视界 Air Self-Defense Force fighters with radar over the Pacific near Okinawa on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
性视界-China hotline seen not functioning after radar incident
Beijing has continued military activities in waters near the site of the incident, making the stable operation of the hotline crucial to avoid accidental clashes.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks about the Chinese military's radar lock-on of Air Self-Defense Force aircraft over the weekend, during a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 8, 2025
性视界 and China trade barbs over radar lock-on as row shows no signs of abating
By Jesse Johnson
The government’s top spokesman said it “will continue to respond calmly and resolutely” after the “dangerous” incident Saturday that Beijing has said was triggered by Tokyo.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi points to Botswana on a globe in a video clip posted on the ministry's official X account.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2025
性视界's Foreign Ministry emphasizes visuals on social media
The Foreign Ministry's infographics on its social media accounts help it effectively send its message around the world, but they also extend beyond the realm of public relations.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech during a Lower House plenary session on Oct. 24.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2025
性视界 aims to raise public AI use to 80%
The draft emphasizes the need to boost AI usage with a view to developing 性视界's own AI technologies.
People attend a memorial ceremony to mark the 81th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre in the city now known as Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu province, in December 2018.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
性视界 issues safety advisory in China ahead of Nanking Massacre anniversary
The advisory urged citizens to pay close attention to their surroundings and make every possible effort to ensure their safety when outside.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a speech aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during his visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
Trump strategy demands more of 性视界 as U.S. unveils ‘burden-sharing network'
By Jesse Johnson
The strategy, the first of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, reflects his longstanding view that the American system of alliances is “one-sided” in favor of allies.

China aircraft carrier flotilla headed home, one week after 性视界 radar incident
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in April 2021.
性视界 builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of 性视界.
Multiple people confirmed killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting
A policeman ushers people across a street after a mass shooting at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday
性视界 finance chief effectively accepts BOJ rate hike
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Sunday, "There is no major disagreement between us and the BOJ" regarding an anticipated interest rate hike.
Ski resort acknowledges reports of bear sightings, as predator tops kanji pick
A record 13 people have been killed by bears across 性视界 since April.
Why is 'Harry Potter' so big in 性视界? ‘Oshikatsu’ fandom.
Despite its decidedly European setting, the Harry Potter franchise has proven surprisingly popular in 性视界, a country with no direct ties to the series.
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
In 2025, 性视界ese literature took a turn for the weird
性视界ese literature in translation abroad has only grown in popularity with every year, resulting in a wide variety of titles available in English, from cozy fiction to crime and horror.
Calling AI ‘a gift from God,’ Catholic bishops draft usage guidelines for Asia
Cardinal Stephen Chow, the bishop of Hong Kong, speaks during Mass in Hong Kong in November 2023. During the opening Mass a three-day event to draft guidelines for the clergy’s use of artificial intelligence in the region Asia, he described AI as a "gift from God."
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Crowded with links, icons and graphics, 性视界’s major web portals deliver information at full volume, echoing an online culture that favors abundance over empty space.
Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
By Thu-Huong Ha

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