Who is Sanae Takaichi? Japan PM calls election after only 3 months

Who is Sanae Takaichi? Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ calls snap election after only three months as PM - Conservative leader is seeking ...
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'Japan not qualified for UN Security Council seat'

A Chinese envoy said on Wednesday that Japan is not qualified at all for a permanent seat on the United Nations ...

Japan unqualified to seek a seat as a permanent member of UN Security Council: Chinese envoy to UN

Japan is unable to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, cannot win the trust of the ...
The Manila Times on MSNOpinion

Japan can no longer afford strategic confusion

TOKYO — It is not too dramatic to say that Japan has only 12 years left to secure its future. By 2038, Chinese President Xi ...

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi Seeks Stronger Mandate, Calls Snap Election On Feb 8

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister in October, ...

Blood and tears on the rails: History’s alarm bell must forever ring

Its rusty tracks are not merely markers of changing transportation routes, but indelible testimonies to the blood, tears and ...
Xinhuanet

Japan not qualified for permanent seat on UN Security Council: Chinese envoy

A Chinese envoy said Wednesday that Japan is not qualified at all for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Japanese militarism has not been thoroughly reckoned with, and Japanese right-wing ...

Japan’s 1-party era faces 'unprecedented' threat from new centrist alliance

The new CDP-Komeito pact marks a 'turning point' in Japanese politics that could finally end the LDP's decades-long grip, ...
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Where students pray and history lingers: Visiting Hofu Tenmangu Shrine

Hofu Tenmangu, founded in the year 904, is the oldest of three large shrines in Japan dedicated to the scholar Sugawara no ...