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00:16

Japan Lower House Election Winners Aged 54.7 on Average

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2026/02/09

The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's election for Japan's House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament, was 54.7 years old, a bit younger than 55.6 in the previous Lower House election in 2024.

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00:17

TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Reactor Back Online

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2026/02/09

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday it restarted the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture the same day after a series of control rod-related problems, aiming to bring it back into commercial operation on March 18.

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00:13

Nikkei Hits Another High after LDP's Landslide...

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2026/02/09

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average soared to another all-time closing high on Monday, following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's sweeping victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election.

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00:11

Centrist Reform Alliance Co-Leaders Announce...

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2026/02/09

The two co-leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance announced their resignations on Monday, following the major opposition party's crushing defeat in Japan's general election on Sunday.

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00:09

68 Women Elected to Japan's Lower House, 2nd...

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2026/02/09

Sixty-eight women were elected to Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in Sunday's vote, the second highest figure.

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00:17

Japan's Real Wages Fall 1.3 Pct in 2025

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2026/02/09

Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages in 2025 fell 1.3pctfrom the previous year, down for the fourth consecutive year, due to price increases for food and other items outpacing wage hikes, the labor ministry said in a preliminary report Monday.

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00:11

Trump Congratulates Takaichi on Election Victory

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2026/02/09

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election.

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00:15

Japan's 2025 Current Account Surplus Hits Record

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2026/02/09

Japan's current account surplus in 2025 rose 11.1pctfrom the previous year to a record 31,879.9 billion yen, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Monday.

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00:09

Japan Wins Figure Skating Team Silver at Milan-Cortina

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2026/02/09

Japan won the silver medal in the figure skating team event at the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Sunday, as it did at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

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00:14

Japan Biz Community Welcomes LDP's Stunning...

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2026/02/09

Japan's business community welcomes the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's House of Representatives election to regain a single-party majority in the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament.

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00:16

LDP Members Relieved after Landslide Victory in Lower...

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2026/02/08

Members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party expressed relief that voters entrusted Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration with a mandate, as the party won more than 300 seats in Sunday's election for the 465-seat House of Representatives.

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00:15

Takaichi to Ask U.S. to Participate in Rare Earth Mining

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2026/02/08

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she will ask the United States to participate in the deep-sea mining of rare earths near Minamitorishima, a remote island in the Pacific, during a Japan-U.S. summit slated for next month.

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00:14

Takaichi to Seek Int'l Understanding over...

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2026/02/08

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated Sunday that she will work to win the understanding of the international community, including the United States, over her possible visit to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

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00:11

Taiwan Pres. Lai Congratulates Takaichi on Election...

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2026/02/08

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her Liberal Democratic Party's victory in the election for the House of Representatives on Sunday.

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00:12

U.S. Envoy to Japan Congratulates Takaichi over...

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2026/02/08

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over her ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in Sunday's general election.

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00:12

Heavyweight Centrist Candidates Lose Constituency Races

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2026/02/08

Heavyweight candidates from the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance lost their constituency races in Sunday's election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of Japan's parliament.

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00:14

DPFP Rejects Joining Japan's Ruling Bloc

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2026/02/08

The opposition Democratic Party for the People has rejected the possibility of joining Japan's governing coalition, after the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured a standalone majority in Sunday's House of Representatives election.

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00:11

Noda Hints at Resigning as Centrist Reform Alliance...

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2026/02/08

Centrist Reform Alliance co-chief Yoshihiko Noda suggested Sunday that he may step down from the leadership post following the party's poor result in the general election held the same day.

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00:15

LDP Wins Mandate for Takaichi's Policies: Suzuki

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2026/02/08

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has won a mandate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy goals in Sunday's general election, Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki said as the LDP was seen winning a standalone majority in the House of Representatives.

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00:10

Osaka Governor Yoshimura, Mayor Yokoyama Secure...

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2026/02/08

Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama secured re-election in Sunday's polls in the western Japan prefecture and its capital.

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