Analysis: Japan's Lower House shakeup is already making an impact Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae leads a supermajority in Japan's lower chamber, and her party's newfound power means it's able to do ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday retained her position as the country's first female premier after parliament reelected her following her ruling party's landslide victory in the ...

Japan’s first two-floor, 3D-printed reinforced concrete house has been completed in Miyagi Prefecture, meeting the government’s strict seismic design requirements. Concrete printing startup Kizuki ...

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Hikaru Fujita, center, and others shout "banzai" after her victory became certain, in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2026. (Mainichi/Ayaka Morita) Even though Japan has its first female ...

The House in Onomichi is notably more restrained and modest in scale than much of the studio’s UK-based residential work, drawing on the region’s vernacular architecture and materials. The firm ...

A Yomiuri Shimbun opinion survey conducted following Sunday’s House of Representative election highlighted that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet has been popular especially among younger people ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has expressed reservations about using its newly gained ability to pass bills rejected in the House of Councillors by a second vote in the House of Representatives. The ...