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SANAE TAKAICHI

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Opposition presses for consumption tax cut details as Upper House debate begins
While questioning actual savings and who would qualify for cash payments, lawmakers asked how households would fare after the tax cut expires.
People walk past a bus featuring French soccer star Kylian Mbappe in Shanghai on Oct. 27. Mbappe’s experience shows that apologizing to Beijing offers little reward, which should reinforce Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s refusal to retreat.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2026
French soccer star Mbappe said sorry to China. Takaichi shouldn’t.
Takaichi and soccer star Mbappe have both been on the wrong side of Beijing for saying something the Chinese state would rather nobody said.
President of COP31 Murat Kurum of Turkey delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Japan to use COP31 to showcase environmental technologies
A key goal of the conference is to increase the world’s electrification to 35% by 2035.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Takaichi seeks international AI cooperation at France-hosted meeting
The prime minister said AI is posing new security challenges and that its impact transcends borders, making international cooperation essential.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yasukazu Hamada (second from left) speaks at the first meeting of ruling-party working-level talks on revising 今日吃瓜 three key national security documents by year-end, alongside Seiji Maehara of the Japan Innovation Party (left), at the parliament building on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 nuclear taboos up for debate as talks start on defense overhaul
Revising a longtime ban on bringing nuclear weapons into the country and acquiring nuclear-powered submarines are seen as key points of contention.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a year-end deadline to explain how she intends to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year sales tax cut on food to a defense buildup and a sweeping investment plan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
Takaichi’s hunt for new cash to fund spending harbors risks
The prime minister faces a year-end deadline to explain how to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year food tax cut to a defense buildup.
Vietnam's President To Lam and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shake hands during a joint press statement at Akasaka Palace on Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2026
Japan and Vietnam agree to boost economic security and energy ties
Japan and Vietnam seek to strengthen economic and strategic ties amid rising regional geopolitical and trade tensions.
Employees prepare food for customers in China's first official Hello Kitty-themed restaurant in Shanghai in April 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2026
China’s hard power keeps undermining its soft power
China undoubtedly has real soft power. Yet its behavior repeatedly undermines it.
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Ties between Japan and China have over the past year hit one of their lowest ebbs since the countries normalized relations in 1972.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (center) speaks during a comprehensive nuclear disaster preparedness drill at the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2026
Japan holds nuclear disaster drill simulating Tomari plant accident
With close to 8,500 local residents taking part, the drill includes exercises conducted at the Tomari plant for the first time in 10 years.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a meeting of the Council for Japan's Growth Strategy at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Japan picks 28 priority items for ?370 trillion in investments
The priority items, which were picked from 62 products and technologies, include semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference after a cabinet reshuffle at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2026. RIE KIKUCHI/Pool via REUTERS
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2026
Japan and China shifting toward selective economic dependence
One year into an ongoing political row, the neighbors are continuing to look for new opportunities while cutting risks.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2026
Takaichi administration announces emergency cyberdefense package
New measures focus on strengthening private-public cooperation and building expert teams.
Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja (third from right) speaks at a meeting of the Okinawa Policy Council at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Okinawa Policy Council meeting held for first time in 13 years
The meeting was arranged in response to a request Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja made after winning the prefecture’s gubernatorial election in September.
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2026
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
The ongoing dispute between China and Japan began following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan in parliament on Nov. 7, 2025.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama attend a finance committee meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Bill to lower consumption tax on food clears Lower House
The move advances a key measure in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to ease the cost of living.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2026
Takaichi to skip U.N. climate summit in Turkey
It will mark the third consecutive year that a Japanese prime minister has not attended a U.N. climate summit.
An American flag billows as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a topping off event in the White House ballroom under construction in Washington on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2026
Tokyo braces for fallout from the U.S. midterms
While relations are well-insulated from executive action due to bipartisan support, Tokyo will watch for changes in post-election decision-making.
A woman walks past a screen showing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaking at a Lower House session in Tokyo on Oct. 14.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2026
What keeps Takaichi defying political gravity?
Living costs are high, relations with China are strained and the consumption tax cut is yet to start, but public support has stayed relatively strong.
The 2026 midterms weakened U.S. President Donald Trump's authority, boosting Democratic congressional leverage and altering how foreign governments, allies and corporations will have to navigate his administration.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2026
The Democratic ‘blue wave’ just reset American power
Trump no longer commands the political support he once claimed. U.S. voters have roundly rebuked the U.S. president in a referendum on his leadership.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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