Sanae Takaichi addresses a packed venue at a campaign rally on Oct. 16 in Nagano for a candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party who is running without official party endorsement. (Keishi Nishimura) ...

Sanae Takaichi, a onetime internal affairs minister in the same conservative mold as her ally and mentor former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, cleared the minimum 20 backers in the ruling Liberal ...

But after Aso backed rival Sanae Takaichi in September’s party leadership race, he was punished with a figurehead position that pushes him to the fringes of the ruling party. Aso’s look of ...

The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan almost without a break since 1955, put up the second-worst result in its ...

Sanae received her first M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Puerto Rico (1994), and a second M.A. and a Ph.D. in Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy from the Ohio State ...

Nov. 16, 2024 — Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier ...

Trump Suggests Use of Emergency Powers and the Military for Deportations Donald Trump addressed his plans for mass deportations in a social media post. He is expected to interview candidates for ...

Swedish truckmaker Scania is in talks with battery cell makers about potentially supplying its future electric fleet but remains committed to its current partner, beleaguered Swedish firm ...

Will the Senate serve as a check on Trump’s power or pave the way for his agenda? The Senate returns to Washington facing more tough decisions about controversial nominations by Donald Trump.

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