Japanese prime minister’s party secures supermajority in lower house in landslide victory

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election.

Japan's first female prime minister stakes her future on snap elections

Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and possibly a lurch to the political right.

Heavy snowfall hits northern, western Japan, Tokyo also blanketed by snow

Heavy snowfall hit a wide swath of Japan along the Sea of Japan coast on Sunday, while the capital city center was also lightly blank

Tokyo pandas head for China, leaving Japan bereft of beloved bears

Two hugely popular pandas are set to depart from a Tokyo zoo for China on Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in more than 50 years."I feel like seeing pandas can help create a connection with China too,
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Japan election live: US ambassador congratulates Takaichi on 'impressive win'

TOKYO -- Exit polls for Japan's lower house election on Sunday indicate that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to win a single-party majority. Results will dribble in throughout the evening with the final tally expected in the early hours of Monday.