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TEPCO retrieves tiny melted fuel from disaster-hit Fukushima reactor

File photo taken in August 2024 shows the No. 2 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Nov.

Japan PM seeks partners after ruling bloc loses lower house majority

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a media interview at the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, as the party is set to lose its majority in the House of Representatives following a general election. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Oct.

Women make up 16% of executives in Japan's top-listed firms: study

TOKYO, Oct.

Some scandal-hit LDP members to be denied endorsement in election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2024, following the announcement that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will not endorse some party lawmakers implicated in a slush funds scandal as its official candidates in the upcoming general election amid fallout from the scandal that has eroded voter trust. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Oct.

Runway closed at Japan airport after dud shell explodes on taxiway

Fixed-point camera footage captures an explosion that occurred on the taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Civil Aviation College)(Kyodo)

MIYAZAKI, Japan, Oct.

LDP Ishiba elected Japan's new PM amid economic, security fears

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (1st row, C) and his Cabinet members pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, following the inauguration of his Cabinet. (Kyodo)

LDP Ishiba elected Japan's new PM amid economic, security fears

Japan's new LDP leader Ishiba intends to call election for Oct. 27

Ex-defense chief Ishiba set to become new Japan PM

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves to fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2024, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

Japan extra parliamentary session to elect new PM set for Oct. 1

TOKYO, Sept. 24 Kyodo - An extraordinary Diet session to elect Japan's new prime minister to replace incumbent Fumio Kishida will be convened on Oct.

Ex-PM Noda elected Japan main opposition leader, vows to win power

Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front R) is seen in high spirits following his election as the new leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2024. (Kyodo)

TOKYO, Sept.

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