Authorities in Japan approved the political framework to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, a cornerstone of the country’s energy strategy.
Japan and China face their worst confrontation in decades, with security warnings, diplomatic clashes and military mobilization escalating the regional crisis.
Japan’s Parliament will elect a new leader on October 21 following Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation. Sanae Takaichi is the frontrunner.
The Government of Japan has taken an unprecedented step by deploying troops to the northern prefecture of Akita to contain a wave of bear attacks that has terrified residents.
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party elected Takaichi Sanae as its new president, paving the way for her to become the nation’s first female prime minister.
Masaki Kashiwara becomes the first Japanese scholar to win the Abel Prize, recognized globally as the “Nobel of Mathematics,” for groundbreaking work in D-module theory.
