Japan (Prime Minister)

14+ min ago   (234+ words) A Tohoku University simulation shows Japan's marriage law quietly erasing 500 years of surname diversity, one wedding at a time. By 2531, Everyone in Japan Could Be Named Sato — Here’s the Math A Tohoku University simulation shows Japan’s marriage law quietly erasing…...

19+ min ago   (319+ words) New defense and security cooperation efforts are springing up across the Indo-Pacific, between some Quad members and those outside the grouping. Quad partners are becoming much more serious about security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. They are coming up with bilateral…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (122+ words) Read full story here Typhoon Surigae may approach eastern Japan including Tokyo on Thursday U.S. Marine arrested for suspected murder-robbery in Okinawa Documents show China weighed military action in Hong Kong in 2014 Japan urges Iran's "constructive" response on navigation through straits…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (907+ words) By Jung Woo Lee, University of Edinburgh The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports. Despite the official slogan “imagine one Asia”, fragmented regional politics came…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (640+ words) Updated on: May 29, 2025 / 5:49 PM EDT / CBS News The State Department is planning a sweeping reorganization of its bureaus and U.S. staff, with around 3,400 jobs eliminated and almost half of its domestic offices closed or consolidated in the coming months, the department…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (375+ words) Inaugurated in Varanasi, the Abe Memorial Corridor honors India-Japan friendship and Shinzo Abe, promoting cross-cultural ties and youth education. The ‘Abe Memorial Corridor,’ dedicated to the memories of India-Japan friendship and cultural ties, was inaugurated at the Rudraksh…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (238+ words) The main theme is a "strong economy"The Takaichi administration identifies breaking away from the deflationary equilibrium of the past 30 years—characterized by "no investment, no wage growth, and no consumption"—as its most important task.The cycle it aims…...

15+ hour, 18+ min ago   (179+ words) Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi touted her plan to cut the consumption tax on food and pay support payments to workers at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on…...

9+ hour, 40+ min ago   (455+ words) Gov. Genta Koja, in Tokyo for the first time since taking office a week ago, conveyed Okinawa’s outrage in his meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, asking her government for further efforts to reduce the burden of hosting U.S. military…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (527+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi encountered a hilarious yet awkward moment when she was met with utter silence from ‘Tunku Tunku’, the official mascot for the World Horticultural Exhibition in Tokyo on Tuesday, October 6. In a video that went viral…...