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On Eve of Vote, Takaichi Poised for Big Win in Japan’s Snap Election

Surveys suggest the LDP–Ishin bloc could top 300 seats, reflecting a post‑Komeito realignment.

Japan Votes in Snap Lower House Election Testing Takaichi's Mandate

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Japan Votes in Takaichi’s Snap Election With Polls Favoring LDP Majority

Yamagami Appeals Life Sentence in Abe Assassination Case

Japan’s Takaichi Dissolves Lower House, Sets Feb. 8 Snap Election

Nara Court Sentences Shinzo Abe’s Assassin to Life in Prison

Japan’s Takaichi Calls Feb. 8 Snap Election to Seek Mandate for Spending, Food Tax Holiday and Defense Push

Mitsubishi to Buy Aethon’s Haynesville Gas and Pipeline Assets for $7.53 Billion

Takaichi to Dissolve Japan’s Lower House on Jan. 23, Paving Way for Mid‑February Snap Election

Japan Nuclear Regulator Confirms Lost Work Phone Held Confidential Contacts, Not Nuclear Data

Japan Backs Off Insurance Cut for OTC-Like Prescriptions, Plans Fixed Copays

Jakarta Building Fire in Site Housing Japanese Firms Kills at Least 20

Yamagami Issues First In-Court Apology to Abe’s Family During Nara Trial

Akita Courts Taiwanese Visitors in Taipei, Citing Bear-Safety Measures

Japan Approves ¥21.3 Trillion Stimulus as Yen Slides, Bond Yields Climb

Japan’s New Prime Minister Faces Blowback Over 2–4 Hours’ Sleep and 3 A.M. Meeting

Japan, U.S. Set Joint Study of Deep-Sea Rare Earths Near Minamitori

Abe Assassination Trial Advances as Key Witness Testifies in Nara

Tetsuya Yamagami Pleads Guilty as Abe Assassination Trial Opens in Nara

Tetsuya Yamagami Pleads Guilty in Shinzo Abe Assassination Trial