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French President Macron may visit Japan in March for talks with Takaichi
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Japan later this month for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on
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Japanese Lawmakers Probe U.S. Military Shift Amid Iran Att@cks
Japanese lawmakers, shaken by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, convened Monday at the ruling party’s Tokyo headquarters to grill
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Japan Walks Tightrope on Iran Strikes as PM Takaichi Heads to Washington
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she will raise the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran directly with President Donald
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Imperial couple, Princess Aiko to visit Tohoku disaster areas
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and their daughter Princess Aiko plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures in Tohoku
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Japan demands swift release of national detained in Iran
Japan’s government said Wednesday that a Japanese national has been detained in Tehran since January and demanded the Iranian authorities
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Japanese PM Takaichi Faces Backlash Over Gift Catalogs to LDP Lawmakers
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew sharp criticism from opposition parties on Wednesday after admitting she distributed congratulatory gift catalogs
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Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs. Now comes the hard work of issuing refunds
Thousands of U.S. importers are now preparing to apply for refunds following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning certain tariff collections.
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Chinese visitors to Japan slump as spat rumbles on
Mainland Chinese visitors to Japan tumbled 60.7 percent in January year-on-year, figures showed Wednesday, in the continued fallout from the
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Trump touts his endorsement as playing role in Takaichi’s election win
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he was “very honored” to see Japan’s ruling party led by Prime Minister
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Ogawa chosen as Japan’s main opposition party leader after election defeat
Japan’s main opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), has elected 54-year-old Junya Ogawa as its new leader on Friday,
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