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Sanae Takaichi

U.S. and South Korea Seal Near-Final Trade Deal Tied to $350 Billion Investment

The pact ties South Korean capital to lower U.S. tariffs as leaders move from a July framework to concrete terms.

Trump Seals Japan Trade and Minerals Pacts, Heads to South Korea for Xi Meeting as Tariff Pause Takes Shape

Japan Gifts 250 Cherry Trees, Akita Fireworks to Washington as Leaders Sign Critical-Minerals Accords

Preliminary U.S.–China Trade Truce Sets Up Trump–Xi Summit in South Korea

US–China Trade Progress and Fed Cut Bets Lift Global Markets as Bitcoin Tops $115,000

Takaichi Accelerates Japan’s Defense Push to 2% of GDP by March as Trump Visit Nears

Sanae Takaichi Elected Japan’s First Female Prime Minister as LDP–Ishin Alliance Takes Power

Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan’s First Female Prime Minister After Diet Vote

Gold Retreats From Records After Biggest Drop in Years

Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan’s First Female Prime Minister as LDP Leans on JIP Support

Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan’s First Female Prime Minister After Lower-House Vote

Sanae Takaichi Elected Japan’s First Female Prime Minister in Parliamentary Vote

LDP Opens Coalition Talks With Japan Innovation Party as Prime Minister Vote Nears

Coalition Impasse Delays Takaichi’s Confirmation as Yen Slides on Policy Bets

Takaichi Installs Aso Allies, Opens Coalition Talks as Markets Reprice Japan

Sanae Takaichi Elected LDP Leader, Poised to Be Japan’s First Woman Prime Minister