Japan big makers confidence improves in Dec., supporting BOJ rate hike bets KYODO

    TOKYO, Dec.

UNESCO adds 6 items from Japan to pre-inscribed intangible heritage list
Undated photo shows the Murakami Yatai Festival in Niigata Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of the Agency for Cultural Affairs)(Kyodo)
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    TOKYO, Dec. 11 Kyodo - A U.N.

Passenger ferry in western Japan to run autonomously in world 1st
Photo shows the passenger ferry Olympia Dream Seto in Shin-Okayama port, western Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025. (Kyodo)
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     OKAYAMA, Japan, Dec.

Japan's new PM Takaichi, Trump agree to boost deterrence at 1st summit
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks alongside Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington at the U.S. Yokosuka naval base near Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Kyodo)
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    TOKYO, Oct. 28 Kyodo - Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and U.S.

LDP head Takaichi elected 1st female Japan prime minister with JIP support
Sanae Takaichi (standing), the leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is elected Japan's first female prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025. (Kyodo)
KYODO

     TOKYO, Oct.

Japan ruling party's junior ally Komeito to end coalition after 26 years KYODO

New LDP head Takaichi picks veterans as party execs, focusing on steadiness KYODO

 TOKYO, Oct.

Takaichi paves way for Japan's 1st female PM by becoming ruling LDP head
Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (C, standing) is elected the first female leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4, 2025. (Kyodo)
KYODO

     TOKYO, Oct.

Takaichi tops Kyodo poll of LDP supporters as best to lead ruling party
Combined photo shows the five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race -- (from L) former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi and farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)
KYODO

    TOKYO, Sept.

Northeast Japan governor walks back burial cemetery plan amid opposition
Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai speaks to reporters in Sendai on Sept. 18, 2025. (Kyodo)
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     SENDAI, Sept.

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