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Sanae Takaichi, prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Is Takaichi on course for a long-term reign?
By Kanako Takahara
The resounding win for the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday’s Lower House election might be the start of an enduring administration for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

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Takaichi’s victory holds a foreign-policy lesson for the U.S.
Five key takeaways from Takaichi’s landslide victory
Sanae Takaichi, prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who also serves as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, stands next to LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and party Election Strategy Chief Keiji Furuya, placing a red paper rose on the name of an elected candidate at LDP headquarters in Tokyo during the Lower House election on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
It’s Sanae Takaichi’s Japan, as PM’s persona powers LDP to electoral success
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
Sunday’s electoral triumph by the Liberal Democratic Party is less a master stroke of the party than a success of its indisputable architect: Takaichi herself.
Centrist Reform Alliance co-leaders Yoshihiko Noda (left) and Tetsuo Saito during a news conference on Monday in Tokyo
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
The long road to recovery after the CRA’s election loss
By Himari Semans
The new party must find new leadership after a crushing debut defeat.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi discusses the consumption tax cut last month before the Feb. 8 election.
BUSINESS / Economy
Takaichi’s big victory might not be mandate for big spending
By Kazuaki Nagata
Fiscal hawks in the LDP and the bond market are expected to keep a lid on stimulus spending.
The Kongo family’s residence and workshop in the Taisho Era, photographed about a century ago.
BUSINESS / Companies / Longform
What keeps Japan’s 1,000-year-old companies alive?
By Alex K.T. Martin
Across religion, hospitality and the arts, the country’s oldest institutions show how craft and continuity can endure.
The Kongo family’s residence and workshop in the Taisho Era, photographed about a century ago.

JAPAN

Japan Innovation Party head Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks to reporters in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
Uncertainty clouds JIP's role in ruling coalition following LDP's election win
By Eric Johnston
With the Liberal Democratic Party winning so many seats, the prime minister may begin to disregard its junior coalition partner's views, one political scientist says.
Hikaru Fujita (second from left) greets people in the city of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 3.
With 68 seats, female representation in Lower House slips to second-highest level
By Yukana Inoue
The women account for 14.6% of all elected Lower House lawmakers, after female candidates secured a record 73 seats the 2024 general election.
Inclusive education for students with disabilities advancing in Japan
Japan’s biggest nuclear plant restarts second time after hiccup
By Shoko Oda and Yusuke Maekawa
Campaign aims to raise funds in memory of boy who loved woodcraft
Exit poll shows over 40% of voters want LDP-JIP bloc to continue ruling

BUSINESS

The Nikkei 225 stock index crossed 57,000 for the first time on Monday following Sunday's election.
Nikkei 225 rises 3.89% and hits record after Takaichi's big win on Sunday
By Francis Tang
The benchmark index hit an all-time high of 57,337.07 in the morning and is now up more than 45% over the past year.
Japanese workers’ real wages fell 0.1% from a year earlier in December, the labor ministry said Monday, extending declines to every month of 2025 amid persistent inflation.
Japan’s real wages drop extends to full year as prices advance
By Erica Yokoyama
The decline bolsters the case for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to continue down a more expansionary fiscal path after she secured a sweeping election victory.
91仓库 2025 current account surplus hits record
Australia's AI boom may revive productivity, CBA says
By Swati Pandey
SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to moon, Musk says
Homegrown startups outperform returnee tech talent, study shows
By Saritha Rai

WORLD

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong in 2020. A Hong Kong court sentenced Lai to 20 years in prison on Monday, following a yearslong, high-profile national security trial that rights groups and Western nations have condemned as a symbol of the city's shriveling press freedoms.
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai given 20 years’ prison after national security trial
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang
The founder of the shuttered Apple Daily newspaper was first arrested in August 2020 and was ?convicted last year.
Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters on election night in Bangkok on Sunday
Thailand PM Anutin consolidates power with dominating election win
By Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot Ghoshal
The Bhumjaithai Party’s victory in Sunday’s general election raises the prospect that a more stable coalition may now succeed in bringing an end to political instability.
‘Flood’ of disinformation ahead of Bangladesh election
By Sumit DUBEY and Eyamin SAJID
Center-left candidate Seguro beats far-right to Portugal’s presidency
By Thomas Cabral
Distrust, desertions and dwindling bonuses undermine Socialist Party’s grip on Venezuela
Kites and victory cries fill Lahore skies as festival returns after long ban
By Mubasher Bukhari

Sports

Team Italy celebrates after Matilde Fantin (17) scored past Japan goalie Miyuu Masuhara on Monday at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena.
Smile Japan loses Olympic heartbreaker to Italy
By Joel Tansey
The favored Japanese squad got behind early for the second-straight game and couldn’t recover as Italy took a 3-2 decision.
Helicopter crew recounts complex rescue of Lindsey Vonn after crash at Olympics
Japan will not be only team with NPB talent at World Baseball Classic
By Jason Coskrey
Chris Gotterup outduels Hideki Matsuyama in Phoenix Open playoff
Seahawks' dominating 'Dark Side' defense powers Super Bowl win over Patriots

Opinion

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, addresses the media in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, the day he signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
Trump has killed American deterrence
Stephen Holmes
Trump has shown countless times that he cannot keep promises. His reversals on TikTok, tariffs and Ukraine demonstrate that his commitments have the lifespan of a mayfly.
The problem with making every election an existential threat
By David M. Drucker
South Carolina’s measles milestone is everyone’s problem
By Lisa Jarvis
Starmer is facing the final curtain as British prime minister
By Martin Ivens
New world order or bust in the age of artificial intelligence
By Margrethe Vestager

ENVIRONMENT

A drone view shows waste, including plastic bottles, used tires and various nonorganic waste, floating on the Drina river, creating a floating rubbish dump, in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Friday.
Chile's climate summit chief to lead plastic pollution treaty talks
By Robin Millard
"Plastic pollution is a planetary problem that affects everyone: every country, every community and every individual," career diplomat Julio Cordano warned after being elected.
Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals
By Fedja Grulovic
EU must be ‘less naive’ in COP climate talks: French ecology ministry
Trump’s offshore wind ban blocked for fifth time by U.S. judge
By Mark Chediak
Trump’s Greenland threats put crucial climate change research at risk
By Danielle Bochove

CULTURE

Actor Tatsuya Fujiwara plays the protagonist Calcutec in "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland.”
Can Japanese theater travel? A Murakami adaptation tries.
By Alicia Haddick
"The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland” adaptation is part of a rising wave of contemporary Japanese theater productions that tour internationally with original casts.
British Museum in London holds samurai exhibition
No lights, total immersion: Autechre’s 'pitch-black' Tokyo show
By Erik Augustin Palm
Vulnerability, love and the limits of reality TV on 'The Boyfriend'
By Mike Fu
Aina The End is more than just anime's opening act
By Patrick St. Michel

LIFE

At Buryu Winery, owner Keiji Yamaguchi (left) and assistant winemaker Kaede Narita created a cedar-infused red wine by fermenting it in a 1,000 liter "kioke" cedar tub.
Against the grain: Japanese wine aged in local barrels
By Kimberly Hughes
A small but growing number of domestic winemakers are using vessels made from native trees such as “mizunara,” moving away from the norm of using European or American oak.
‘In Japan, people pack everything they love on their nails’
By Mishu Callan
Nioh 3: Demons, death and an early contender for game of the year
By Owen Ziegler
Whip up sesame-crusted eggs for your Japanese breakfast
By Simon Daly
How Japanese advertising breaks grammar to get your attention
By Eric Margolis

COMMUNITY

A craft beer brewery run by California native Brian Shevlin and his wife Mariko Furuta, Joynt Brewing Co. regularly hosts events that highlight different cultural communities.
Foreign residents breathe new life into bubble-era resort town
By Francisco Cheng
A spate of new businesses operated by non-Japanese residents is bringing new vitality to the seaside town of Ito with cultural events, art classes and more.
Handsome Hokuto is a classic strong-willed Shiba
‘Returnees’ reckon with a Japan that sets them apart
By Eri Yabe
Mai Endo: ‘Build networks that bridge generations’
By Grace En-yi Ting
‘Zero Gravity’ comes to an end, but Roger Dahl will keep drawing
By Gendel Gento

Editors' Picks

JAPAN
Where have 91仓库 oddball candidates gone?
By Kanako Takahara
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward in June 2024, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
LIFE
Against the grain: Japanese wine aged in local barrels
By Kimberly Hughes
At Buryu Winery, owner Keiji Yamaguchi (left) and assistant winemaker Kaede Narita created a cedar-infused red wine by fermenting it in a 1,000 liter "kioke" cedar tub.
COMMUNITY
Foreign residents breathe new life into bubble-era resort town
By Francisco Cheng
A craft beer brewery run by California native Brian Shevlin and his wife Mariko Furuta, Joynt Brewing Co. regularly hosts events that highlight different cultural communities.
BUSINESS
Japan’s SkyDrive hopes to have flying cars in service by 2028
By Kazuaki Nagata
SkyDrive’s flying car unit at its flight test base in the city of Yamaguchi
SUMO
Rising star Aonishiki shows poise beyond years both in and out the sumo ring
By John Gunning
<i>?zeki</i> Aonishiki speaks to reporters at Ajigawa Stable on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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