Japan elects its 1st female prime minister
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Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape
Japan elected Sanae Takaichi as its first female prime minister on Tuesday, setting the country up for a turn to the political Right.
For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. As Japan’s first female leader, she has many reasons to reach for her sticks
A plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of buyouts of young companies in Japan, reflecting Tokyo’s push to create more billion-dollar startups to better match the country’s global standing in scientific research.
Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, will now help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance.
Awards include the Tokyo Projects Award, selected by an industry jury, and the Asian Gen‑Z Award, selected by a committee of Gen-Z film students.
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market is introducing its first awards program at the sixth edition of the industry platform.
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Fernandez, Mboko win opening matches in Tokyo’s Pan Pacific Open
Leylah Fernandez continues to roll in Japan. The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., who won the Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday for her fifth career singles title, defeated Maria Sakkari of Greece in the opening round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Monday night.