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JAXA said the HTV-X1 spacecraft lifted off smoothly atop the No. 7 H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Photo: UNB/AP

Japan successfully launches new cargo spacecraft to supply ISS

The new freighter can carry a larger payload and provide power in flight, allowing transport of cells and other laboratory samples that require low-temperature storage

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. Photo: Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS

Japan's new PM is preparing large economic stimulus to tackle inflation: sources

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Takaichi elected Japan's premier, shattering glass ceiling with hard‑right turn

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. Photo: Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS

Coalition deal puts Takaichi on brink of Japan's first female premiership

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

New deal puts Takaichi on track to be Japan's first woman PM

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama poses in front of portraits of former leaders of his Social Democratic Party after an interview with Reuters at the party headquarters in Tokyo March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Socialist PM Murayama issued landmark apology for Japan's wartime deeds

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), arrives for a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025. Photo: Reuters.

Japan's likely next prime minister wrestles coalition backlash

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Japan's Takaichi eyes expanding coalition

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Inspired by Thatcher, Japan's PM-in-waiting Takaichi smashes glass ceiling

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

From heavy metal drummer to Japan's first female PM in waiting: Who is Sanae Takaichi?

Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi reacts as she receives an applause from gathered lawmakers on the day of the LDP leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

Japan's Takaichi set to become country's first female PM

A staff of a restaurant Kushiyaki Tosaka holds a freshly poured glass of Asahi Super Dry beer at the restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, October 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters.

Asahi beers running out in Japan as cyberattack shutdown lingers

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Japan’s next leader may be its first woman or youngest in modern era