The Nikkei ended up 2,110.26 points from Friday to close at 56,363.94, having briefly topped 57,000 for the first time to set a new record.

The landslide victory gives Takaichi a much stronger mandate to pursue market-friendly policies, though the impact on Japan’s currency and bond markets may not be quite so positive.

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“I am putting my future as prime minister on this election,” Takaichi said at a press conference Monday, according to a Google translation of her remarks in Japanese.

“I would like the people to make a direct decision on whether they can entrust the management of the nation to Sanae Takaichi.”

The move comes despite the Lower House’s term running until October 2028, raising questions over why Takaichi chose to seek a fresh mandate so early.

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Reuters reported that about 90,000 people were ordered to evacuate after the quake struck at 11:15pm local time on Monday.

Japan lifted all tsunami advisories on Tuesday morning, hours after the quake.

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The director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kanai Masaaki, arrived in Beijing on Monday afternoon.

During the visit, Kanai is expected to meet with Chinese officials, including the director-general of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, Liu Jinsong.

It is believed Kanai intends to explain that Takaichi’s remark about a possible Taiwan emergency did not deviate from the Japanese government’s position regarding Taiwan.

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Security was tight in the capital, with some 18,000 police officers mobilized for the meeting, a crucial test of Takaichi’s diplomatic chops as she seeks to elevate the Japan-U.S. alliance to new heights while staving off increasing pressure from the U.S. on defense spending.

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It was only after two failed attempts that Sanae Takaichi finally achieved her long-held ambition. In a historic parliamentary vote on 21 October, the 64-year-old was elected Japan’s first female prime minister.

She’s a colourful figure on the right of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who talks tough on immigration and has some conservative views on women’s equality.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, plunging the world’s fourth-largest economy and a key U.S. ally into fresh political uncertainty amid rising living costs and growing tensions in the region.

“I have consistently stated that I do not intend to cling to this position, and that I would make a decision at the appropriate time after accomplishing what needed to be done,” he told a news conference.

Ishiba finalized details of a trade deal with the U.S. last week, under which Japan pledged $550 billion in investment in return for lower tariffs on its crucial auto sector.

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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/japan/japan-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba-resigns-rcna229599

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Defence Minister Richard Marles announced on Tuesday that cabinet had selected Japan’s upgraded Mogami frigate over the German MEKO A-200.

The first three of the frigates are expected to be built in Japan, with the remaining eight to be built in Western Australia.

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Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/australia-japan-navy-frigates/105613688

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A “massive” $550 billion trade deal has been reached with Japan, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, adding that it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

“We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it.”

Trump said Japan will open its country to trade in things like cars, trucks, rice and other agricultural products, as well as pay reciprocal tariffs of 15% to the U.S., under the deal.

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Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-secures-historic-550-billion-trade-deal-japan-never-been-anything-like-it

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The result marks one of the largest political upheavals Japan has experienced in 15 years, with the yen falling to a three-month low after the coalition’s loss.

The LDP’s defeat was in large part a reaction to lack of public trust due to a major corruption allegations of misappropriated political donations amounting to nearly $4 million in campaign financing slush funds that involved dozens of LDP party members.

Of those accused, 46 candidates who were involved in the scandal ran in the election. Discontent over economic concerns, particularly rising living costs, also took center stage in the election.

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Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/10/28/Japan-Election-LDP/5061730126531/

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