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Japan’s Domestic Policy
Public opinion in Japan splits over future of Self-Defense Forces amid security concerns
TOKYO (Realist English). Nearly half of Japanese respondents believe the country’s Self-Defense Forces should remain at their current size and...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Japan elects ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as first female prime minister amid shift to the right
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, following months of...
Japan’s opposition leaders fail to agree on joint candidate as ruling party struggles to retain power
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s three main opposition leaders met in Tokyo on Wednesday to discuss a unified strategy for selecting...
Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan’s first female prime minister — but her policies remain staunchly conservative
TOKYO (Realist English). Sanae Takaichi, a 64-year-old conservative politician and longtime member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is...
Japan’s farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi set to enter LDP leadership race
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi intends to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election,...
Support for Japan’s PM Ishiba plunges to new low after election defeat
TOKYO (Realist English). Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet has dropped to 22.9%, its lowest level since...
Japan’s ruling coalition loses control of upper house, dealing fresh blow to Prime Minister Ishiba
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has lost control of the upper house, according...
Japan drafts antitrust rules targeting Apple and Google to boost app market competition
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s antitrust regulator unveiled draft guidelines on Thursday for a new law designed to rein in the...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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