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Japan's new LDP leader Ishiba intends to call election for Oct. 27

Ex-defense chief Ishiba set to become new Japan PM

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves to fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2024, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

Japan extra parliamentary session to elect new PM set for Oct. 1

TOKYO, Sept. 24 Kyodo - An extraordinary Diet session to elect Japan's new prime minister to replace incumbent Fumio Kishida will be convened on Oct.

Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader, vows to win power

Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front R) is seen in high spirits following his election as the new leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

Exploding walkie-talkies in Lebanon may be product of Japanese firm

OSAKA, TAIPEI, Sept.

Mongooses eradicated on Japan's natural heritage Amami-Oshima Island

Photo shows a mongoose in a cage in 2016. (Photo courtesy of Environment Ministry)(Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

Japan's LDP pushes for revising Constitution to state defense forces

TOKYO, Sept.

Typhoon Shanshan weakens to tropical storm as central Japan soaks

Photo taken in Miyazaki on Sept. 1, 2024, shows a house damaged earlier by gusts as Typhoon Shanshan passed the southwestern Japan region. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

Japan typhoon weakens but train, flight disruptions continue

JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka is unusually empty on Aug. 30, 2024, after Typhoon Shanshan forces train services to be suspended. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Aug.

Powerful typhoon makes landfall on Japan's southwestern main island

Footage shows a river in the city of Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, swelling on the morning of Aug. 29, 2024, owing to heavy rain brought on by Typhoon Shanshan. (Image courtesy of the infrastructure ministry)(Kyodo)

TOKYO, Aug.

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