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Can Japan's new prime minister govern effectively?
In the Spotlight A 'popular gadfly' gets the top job
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Japan's ruling party picks next prime minister
Speed Read Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is on track to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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8 bars to hunker down in during the fall season
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The rise of Japanese whisky
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The Week Unwrapped: Are we in the Mattel Cinematic Universe?
Podcast Plus can Japan crack its demographic crisis, and what does national debt actually mean?
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'Farmland has declined under both parties'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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The government's growing concern over a potential US Steel takeover
In the Spotlight Japan's largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel, is attempting to buy the company
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Canadian takeover bid for Japan's 7-Eleven could change how the Asian country does business
In the Spotlight Would a foreign company upend konbini culture?
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6 bustling outdoor markets ripe for exploration
The Week Recommends These lively markets offer shopping with a side of culture
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Japan's Kishida stepping down
Speed Read Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced his resignation
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Why are global stock markets plunging?
Today's Big Question Europe, Asia and Wall Street have all suffered big falls after US economy data spooked investors
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A bus stop tragedy and China's anti-Japanese rhetoric
Talking Point Suzhou attack described as the product of 'decades of hate education'
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10 spectacular hotels for golfers that have just the right swing
The Week Recommends These properties are stunners off the links and on
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Iwao Hakamada: Japan's record-breaking death row prisoner
Under the Radar Former boxer spent 46 years condemned to execution but his retrial could clear his name
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