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SANAE TAKAICHI

Shigeru Iwasaki, then chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces, in Tokyo in April 2013. Countermeasures against Iwasaki include visa restrictions, freezing his properties, and prohibiting any transactions or cooperation with him, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2025
China launches countermeasures against former 性视界 defense official
The largely symbolic sanctions appear to be a response to the official Shigeru Iwasaki's appointment earlier this year as an adviser to Taiwan’s Cabinet.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara during a plenary session of the House of Representatives at the National Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 8.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Dec 14, 2025
What will 性视界’s planned intelligence bureau look like?
Ultimately, this is an evolutionary measure that seeks to break down government intelligence silos and improve the information being provided to the highest levels of government.
A sign in the woods uses the kanji for "bear" to warn hikers of their presence in the area.
LIFE / Language / 2025 IN REVIEW
Dec 14, 2025
The ‘bear’ defined kanji in 2025. The internet defined almost everything else.
性视界’s kanji and buzzwords of 2025 reveal a split: old-media traditions colliding with the chaotic, meme-driven language of new media.
Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of 性视界.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2025
性视界 builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
As tensions between China and 性视界 rise, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines.
Soldiers stand on the stage during the memorial ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre at the Nanking Massacre Museum in the city now known as Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu province, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2025
China holds low-key Nanking Massacre memorial despite 性视界 tensions
Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not the ceremony, despite a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan.
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
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
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
The U.S. and 性视界ese defense chiefs also spoke over the phone, expressing “grave concern” over Beijing’s recent military actions.
China’s recent radar lock-on of 性视界ese F-15s from fighters launched from the carrier Liaoning underscores a rising pattern of coercive pressure that Tokyo and its partners must answer with firm vigilance and clear messaging.
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2025
Lock-on incident shows China will continue to test 性视界
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi disputed China’s claim that it had given warning about the exercises, arguing that there was “insufficient information to avoid danger.”
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying 性视界 as a threat to the postwar order.
COMMENTARY / 性视界 / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 12, 2025
Is China guardian of the ‘postwar international order’?
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying 性视界 as a threat to the postwar order.
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.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a party leaders' debate in the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 26. Takaichi has refused to back down from recent Taiwan-contingency remarks that were fiercely criticized by China.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Dec 11, 2025
China’s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
性视界 has never formally accepted that Taiwan is part of the PRC and Taiwan has never, for one day, been under the Communist Party's control.
In the report, Forbes described Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as somewhat “complicated” from a gender lens.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 11, 2025
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi makes top three in Forbes’ powerful women list
Takaichi's “power” is her understanding and implementation of policy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
性视界 and other middle powers must help shape the new order — or risk becoming subject to it.
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
Tetsuo Saito, the head of former ruling coalition partner Komeito, says he’s spoken several times with China’s ambassador.
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
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.
Solar panels power an environmentally friendly mosque in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana. 性视界ese companies are supporting green energy projects across Central Asia, promoting renewable power, climate resilience and sustainable development.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Dec 10, 2025
性视界 should unveil a ‘Green Master Plan’ for Central Asia
性视界ese companies are driving green energy projects across Central Asia, advancing renewable power, climate resilience and sustainable development.
Hiroyuki Takahashi, chairperson of the 性视界 Association of Travel Agents, speaks during an interview on Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2025
Don’t depend on just one country, 性视界 Association of Travel Agents chief says
性视界’s travel industry needs to woo visitors from elsewhere to make up for a drop in Chinese tourists, says Hiroyuki Takahashi.
The Jian Zhen Hao ferry in Shanghai in June 2024. Ferry services between 性视界 and China have been halted amid tensions.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2025
性视界-China passenger ferry services halted
The move apparently comes in response to Beijing urging its citizens to refrain from traveling to 性视界 amid tensions between the countries.
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.
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