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China Strong-Armed Japan Over Rare Earths. It’s a Lesson for the U.S.

The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...
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LDP’s Historic Electoral Defeat upends Japan’s Politics

The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...

Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis

On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

Japan's shaky government loses upper house control

TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further ...

Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election.
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Japanese government panel approves producing human embryos from stem cells

Experts want to determine whether human eggs, sperm created from induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells ...

Buyers flee Japanese bonds as political, fiscal risks rise

Japanese government bonds tumbled, sending benchmark yields to near 17-year highs, as traders priced in increased political ...

Japanese leader Ishiba vows to remain despite speculation, says he will focus on new US trade deal

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan ...