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Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. October 21, 2025, marked a historic first for Japan. The Japanese Diet elected ...

Under a Gov. Greg Abbott plan, low-income Texans could use federal SNAP benefits to pay for healthy food, but not for low-nutrition, highly processed junk food. (Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune, Joe ...

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok called Wednesday for strict measures against any activities inciting hate and discrimination against foreign tourists ahead of this month's Asia-Pacific Economic ...

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Morning Consult found that Trump's approval rating is positive in 24 states. It is negative in all New England states, and Trump received his worst net approval rating in the country in Vermont at -37 ...

The only time I spoke with Tomiichi Murayama was when I was a city news reporter in my 20s. It was on Jan. 12, 1996, the day after Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937-2006) was named prime minister by the Diet. I ...

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