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Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher ...

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A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast, measured at a magnitude of 7.7 by the Japan Meteorological ...

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TOKYO— Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call an early general election, the head of her party's coalition partner said on Sunday, after media reported she was considering a February vote.

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Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO, Jan 9 ...