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The new guideline scraps those limits and allows the export of equipment such as fighter jets, missiles and destroyers. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan on Tuesday (April 21, 2026) endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms…
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during her press conference on February 9, 2026, in Tokyo. Photo: Pool Photo via AP Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday (February 9, 2026) that Japan would steadfastly protect its territory, territorial waters and airspace, pledging to bolster the country’s…
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Japan’s drilling-equipped research vessel Chikyu before its departure from Shimizu port to conduct a test recovery of rare-earth–rich mud near Minamitori Island, marking the world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth seabed sludge from a depth of about 6 km onto a ship, in Shimizu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan on January 12, 2026. | Photo Credit:…
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Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita and Hirofumi Yoshimura, Japan Innovation Party leader, attend an election campaign event on the first day of campaigning for the February 8 snap election, in Tokyo, Japan, on January 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters…
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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering calling a general election in the coming weeks to capitalise on strong public support for her government, media reports said on Saturday (January 10, 2026). Ms. Takaichi was appointed Japan’s first woman prime minister in October, and her…
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Japan is set to take the final step to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant on Monday (December 22, 2025) when the region of Niigata votes on the resumption of operations, in a watershed moment for the country’s pivot back to nuclear energy nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220…
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North Korea said on Sunday (December 21, 2025) that Japan’s nuclear ambitions “must be prevented at any cost”, after a Tokyo official reportedly suggested the country should possess atomic weapons. Pyongyang’s reaction came after the unnamed official in the Prime Minister’s office was quoted by Kyodo News on Thursday (December 18, 2025) as saying, “I…
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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Image/iStockphoto China’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday (November 27, 2025) that Japan will have to pay a “painful price” if it steps out of line over Taiwan, responding to Japanese plans to deploy missiles on an island some 100 kilometers from Taiwan’s coast. The remarks…
Residents watch flames rise from the site of a fire in Oita, southern Japan on November 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Firefighters were battling an out-of-control fire on Wednesday (November 19, 2025) morning that has burned through a neighbourhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate. At least 170 homes…
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Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan announced on Friday (November 7, 2025) that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time since China imposed a ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant more than two years ago. Chief Cabinet…
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