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Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025Martin Fackler, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko NotoyaComments Off

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist parties surged.

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Japanese TV Executives Get 10-Hour Grilling Over Sex Abuse Case

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025Martin Fackler, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko NotoyaComments Off

Public mea culpas are a corporate ritual in Japan. For Fuji TV, the resignations and public apologies of two bosses didn’t assuage public anger.