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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)

KYODO Thu, 12/11/2025 - 06:58

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)

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)

TOKYO, Oct.

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

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

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)

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)

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)

SENDAI, Sept.

Japan unlikely to recognize Palestinian state for now: sources

TOKYO, Sept.

Top Japan gov't spokesman Hayashi to run in ruling LDP leadership election

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2025. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

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