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Election Commission candidates' campaign teams canvassing in permitted areas outside the polling station in Hong Kong on December 7, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong citizens don’t want to vote, Japan-China tensions rise, Art stolen in Brazil & More

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2025.
Analysis

Japan-China spat over Taiwan escalates

Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing hit a boiling point last Friday after Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested that her country would defend Taiwan if China attacked the island. Tensions have grown since.

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: China-Japan spat could hurt tourism, Pro-Russian pair accused of attacking Polish railway, Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to poison plot in NYC, South Africa blocks arrivals of Palestinians

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, on November 12, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Japan’s PM organizes 3 a.m. meeting, Exam day for South Korea’s students, US government shutdown ends, & More

Prince Andrew – now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor – leaves Buckingham Palace in London, United Kingdom, on May 6, 2023.
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What We’re Watching: King’s brother loses royal title, Japan-China tensions surround leaders’ summit, Deadly Rio raid becomes national political issue

​US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26, 2025.
Analysis

Trump’s Asian trade blitz sets up sitdown with Xi

The US president signed a raft of trade deals on Sunday at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, but the main event of his Asia trip will be his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

Japan’s first female prime minister: What Sanae Takaichi means for Japan and Trump
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Japan’s first female prime minister: What Sanae Takaichi means for Japan and Trump

A historic first in Japan: Sanae Takaichi has become the country’s first female prime minister.

​Displaced Palestinians live in tents near destroyed buildings in Gaza City, on October 19, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Tense Gaza ceasefire holding again, Trump pressed Zelensky on Donbas during Friday meeting, Japan to have first female PM

​Shinjiro Koizumi, Sanae Takaichi, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Ichiro Aizawa, Toshimitsu Motegi and Takayuki Kobayashi at a campaign event in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 24, 2025.
Analysis

Japan’s leadership race: gender milestone or generational reset?

The Liberal Democratic Party leadership election on Oct. 4 will likely be a race between the telegenic moderate Shinjiro Koizumi and the arch-conservative Sanae Takichi. The latter is vying to be the first female leader of Japan.

​Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his resignation in Tokyo, Japan, on September 7, 2025.
Analysis

Who will be Japan’s next leader?

GZERO spoke to Eurasia Group’s Japan Director David Boling about why Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned after less than a year in charge, and about who will replace him.