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November 16, 2025 6:10 PM

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts, ashfall cancels flights

A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday, sending a plume of smoke and ash as high as 4.4 kilometres (2.73 miles) into the air and causing dozens of flight cancellations. The volcano, which is called Sakur...

November 7, 2025 1:27 PM

North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Friday towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, following missile launches in the past two weeks and after U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed invitation for talks with Pyongyang. Sou...

November 5, 2025 1:49 PM

India, Japan have larger responsibility towards Indo-Pacific: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday underscored the growing strategic and economic partnership between India and Japan, calling it a key pillar of stability in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. Addressing the 8th India-Japan Indo-...

October 29, 2025 2:44 PM

PM Modi congratulates Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, discusses strengthening bilateral partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday and congratulated her on assuming office. The two leaders discussed their shared vision for advancing the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, ...

October 28, 2025 3:38 PM

Trump praises Japan’s ‘great’ female leader Takaichi, signs rare earths deal

U.S. President Donald Trump lavished praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and rare earths. Takaichi, a protegee of Trump's late fri...

October 22, 2025 11:49 AM

Japan’s new PM is preparing large economic stimulus to tackle inflation, sources say

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing an economic stimulus package that is likely to exceed last year's $92 billion to help households tackle inflation, government sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday. The pa...

October 21, 2025 12:31 PM

PM Modi congratulates Japan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended congratulations to Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s newly-elected and first woman Prime Minister. He emphasized that the ever-strengthening partnership between India and Japan plays a vital role in ensuring p...

October 21, 2025 12:20 PM

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female prime minister

Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house. Takaichi, who vowed to close Japan's gender gap in the top echelons of politi...

October 20, 2025 11:38 AM

Coalition deal puts Takaichi on brink of becoming Japan’s first female PM

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is almost certain to become Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, after the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back her premiership. "I told Takaichi that...

October 20, 2025 9:49 AM

Asia shares led higher by Japan jump, China GDP beats

A jump in the Nikkei led Asian markets higher on Monday as Japan looked close to installing a new prime minister, while a reading on U.S. inflation this week is expected to be no more than a speed bump on the way to further rate cuts there. Data sho...