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China hawk Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PM
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» TOKYO — Japan was set to get its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour deal to form a new coalition.
Japan PM faces reckoning in upper house election
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters on Sunday with upper house elections that could end his premiership and see a right-wing populist party make inroads.
Rice prices a hot political issue in Japan
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» SANJO, Japan - All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box.
Ex-British envoy, Australian adviser, Japanese journalist land in Bangkok from Myanmar
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist touched down in Bangkok after being freed from prison and deported by Myanmar's junta on Thursday.
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi for 6 more years for corruption
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.
Robot tractors cause furrowed brows at Vegas tech show
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS - Driverless ploughs and autonomous tools to weed vegetable plots are the latest innovations ready to help farmers juggling labor shortages, climate change and environmental protection, while trying to feed a growing world population.
Medal rush in store as Tokyo Paralympics enters home straight
AFP, Published on 03/09/2021
» TOKYO - Paralympians battled for the last medals in swimming and cycling on Friday, while Turkey's women attempted to defend their goalball title as the Tokyo Games headed into their final days.
The underground 'Parthenon' protecting Tokyo from floods
AFP, Published on 12/10/2020
» KASUKABE (JAPAN) - It has been called Japan's underground "Parthenon", a cavernous complex charged with protecting Tokyo and surrounding areas from catastrophic flooding -- a risk experts warn is growing as climate change advances.
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes 'perfect' touchdown on asteroid
AFP, Published on 11/07/2019
» TOKYO - Japan's Hayabusa2 probe made a "perfect" touchdown Thursday on a distant asteroid, collecting samples from beneath the surface in an unprecedented mission that could shed light on the origins of the solar system.
Clash of the titans: Trump set for sumo showdown
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» TOKYO - Call it the ultimate culture clash: Donald Trump is going to the sumo, where the brash US leader will watch one of Japan's most ancient and revered sporting traditions.