Japan votes in snap election

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Japan's Takaichi aims for blizzard of votes in rare winter election
By Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japanese voters trudged through snow on Sunday to cast their ballots in an election predicted to hand Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a resounding win,

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Japan’s Takaichi eyes decisive mandate as polls point to snap election landslide
Japan's ultraconservative PM Sanae Takaichi set for a big election victory

Japan's Kimura and Kimata take gold and silver

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Japan's Kimura produces 'clutch' final jump to win men's big air gold
Japan's Kira Kimura edges out compatriot Ryoma Kimata to win the final gold medal of day one of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in the men's big air snowboarding event.

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Japan's Kimura and Kimata take gold and silver in men's snowboarding big air at Winter Olympics
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Olympics: Snowboarder Kimura wins Japan's 1st gold of Milan Cortina Games

Olympic, Japan and Kagiyama

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Figure skating-Malinin struggles in Olympic debut but U.S. extends lead in team event
Ilia Malinin made his anticipated Olympic debut at the Milano Cortina Games on Saturday and despite being upstaged by Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, the U.S. extended their lead in the team event thanks to the ice dancing of Madison Chock and Evan Bates.

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Ilia "Quad God" Malinin stunned by Yuma Kagiyama in Olympic figure skating short program as Japan narrows gap on U.S.
Malinin stunned by Kagiyama in short program as Japan narrows gap on US in Olympic figure skating

Japan’s Leader Makes a Bold Election Bet. Here’s What to Know.

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, hopes to bolster her power in a ...

A charismatic straight talker, Japan's Takaichi is poised to expand her power in Sunday's vote

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling a snap election Sunday, counting on her unusual popularity among fans who ...
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Meet the leader of Japan’s hard-right populist movement

The party has right-wing social views: it calls the second world war the “Greater East Asian War”, adopting the nomenclature ...

How Japan’s Leader Wants to Shape the Economy

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushed through a record supplemental budget and is proposing tax cuts, raising questions about ...

Japan's first female prime minister counts on popularity to help party win election

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as ...

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 ...

Japan's election: What you need to know

By John Geddie TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is seeking to secure her grip on ...

Japan’s KDDI finds up to $1.5bn in fictitious revenues

Telecoms group postpones third-quarter results amid probe into ‘suspicions regarding inappropriate transactions’ ...

Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled over badly behaved tourists

"Overtourism" during Japan's iconic blossom season makes life for locals in Fujiyoshida town unmanageable, authorities say.