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The municipal government of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, agreed on Thursday to pay ¥70 million to settle the high-profile case of a 14-year-old girl who was found dead from hypothermia in March 2021 after being bullied. [1]

TOKYO -- In this video, Tokyo correspondent Shotaro Tani sits down with Romeo Marcantuoni, a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, to discuss the history and rise of the right-wing Sanseito party, and... [2]

TOKYO -- In her first month in office, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi often borrowed from her late mentor Shinzo Abe's playbook, adopting a top-down approach in areas including fiscal spending, strategic investment and defense. [3]

TOKYO -- New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Saturday that she will aim to "deepen trust" with U.S. President Donald Trump in a bid to strengthen relations between Japan and the U.S. when they hold a summit early next week. [4]

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is one of the leading candidates to become Japan's next prime minister, who will be chosen when the Diet convenes for an extraordinary session later this month. [5]

TOKYO -- The Japan Association of Corporate Executives (known as the Keizai Doyukai) announced Tuesday that its chairperson, Takeshi Niinami, had submitted his resignation. [6]

Japan leadership raceTrump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief Former economic security minister would be country's first female prime minister U.S. [7]

Jeffrey W. Hornung is a senior political scientist and the Japan lead of the national security research division of think tank RAND Corp. in Washington. [8]

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[1] MM www.japantimes.co.jp · 2026-03-27 · 76% match

Hokkaido city reaches settlement over death of bullied girl

The municipal government of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, agreed on Thursday to pay ¥70 million to settle the high-profile case of a 14-year-old girl who was found dead from hypothermia in March 2021 after being bullied.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-08-01 · 41% match

Video: Unpacking Sanseito and the 'Japanese First' movement

TOKYO -- In this video, Tokyo correspondent Shotaro Tani sits down with Romeo Marcantuoni, a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, to discuss the history and rise of the right-wing Sanseito party, and

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-22 · 40% match

1 month in, Takaichi's hands-on leadership echoes Abe's governing style

TOKYO -- In her first month in office, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi often borrowed from her late mentor Shinzo Abe's playbook, adopting a top-down approach in areas including fiscal spending, strategic investment and defense.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-25 · 38% match

Japan PM Takaichi seeks 'honest exchange of views' with Trump at summit

TOKYO -- New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Saturday that she will aim to "deepen trust" with U.S. President Donald Trump in a bid to strengthen relations between Japan and the U.S. when they hold a summit early next week.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-18 · 37% match

How Japan's new PM can confront the growing threat of war

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi, newly elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is one of the leading candidates to become Japan's next prime minister, who will be chosen when the Diet convenes for an extraordinary session later this month.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-30 · 37% match

Former Suntory chairman resigns as head of Japan executives group

TOKYO -- The Japan Association of Corporate Executives (known as the Keizai Doyukai) announced Tuesday that its chairperson, Takeshi Niinami, had submitted his resignation.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-07 · 36% match

Trump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief

Japan leadership raceTrump, Bessent welcome Japan's Takaichi as LDP chief Former economic security minister would be country's first female prime minister U.S.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-01-02 · 43% match

The looming leadership vacuum in the Indo-Pacific

Jeffrey W. Hornung is a senior political scientist and the Japan lead of the national security research division of think tank RAND Corp. in Washington.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-09-25 · 42% match

Shinzo Abe's selfish Japan election gamble

Shinzo Abe's government is under assault from all sides: Kim Jong Un's missile threats, Donald Trump's trade war barbs, cronyism scandals and underperforming economic policies. What is an embattled Japanese leader to do? Hold an election, of course.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-12 · 41% match

Japan retail investors keep the faith in stocks despite historic volatility

TOKYO -- A 35-year-old man working in Marunouchi, one of Tokyo's major business districts, looked up from his desk on Aug. 5 to see television screens flashing the news that Japanese stocks were plummeting.

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