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            <title><![CDATA[After Trump's tariff announcement, the EU outlines how it wants to fight back]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's new tariff announcement is causing a stir worldwide. Japan describes the situation as "a real mess." The EU is proposing to freeze the ongoing ratification process with the United States.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Clear supermajority for Takaichi as LDP wins 315 seats]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:57:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Takaichi wins Japan's snap election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is the clear winner in Japan's general election. The conservative Liberal Democratic Party looks set to win a much larger majority than before.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan's parliament dissolved ahead of February 8 elections]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved Japan's parliament on Friday, ahead of new elections on February 8.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan's new leader: "Sleeps about two hours"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA["Work, work, work, work and work." That's what Japan's new leader Sanae Takaichi promised her party colleagues to do. The country's first female prime minister calls a meeting at three in the morning, opts out of free time and opens up for even longer working days.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 06:19:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan's First Female Prime Minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The role model is Britain's "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher. With a background as a hard-hitting drummer in a heavy metal band, Sanae Takaichi is now Japan's first female prime minister. She has promised to "work like a horse" to get Japan's economic wheels moving and the financial market seems to believe her.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:12:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Nears Historic First Female Prime Minister with Takaichi]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After a signed coalition agreement, the conservative politician Sanae Takaichi is on her way to become Japan's first female prime minister.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan on Brink of First Female Prime Minister with New Coalition]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government crisis in Japan is near a solution. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will form a coalition government with the right-wing party Nippon Ishin.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:04:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanae Takaichi: Japan's Metal Drummer Aims to Be First Female PM]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The role model is Britain's "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher. With a background as a hard-hitting drummer in a heavy metal band, Sanae Takaichi now wants to become Japan's first female prime minister. She has promised to "work like a horse" to get Japan's economic wheels moving and the financial market seems to believe her.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:12:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Government Crisis May Obstruct New Prime Minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Japan's sitting government is cracking just as a new prime minister is on the way to take place.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:09:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tokyo Stock Exchange Hits Record High After Leadership Election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Tokyo stock exchange rose sharply in Monday trading – and set a new record. The increase comes in connection with the fact that a new leader for the country's ruling party has been appointed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanae Takaichi Set to Become Japan's First Female Prime Minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Japan's new prime minister will likely be a woman for the first time. Conservative Sanae Takaichi is expected to take the country to the right and reintroduce "Abenomics".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 06:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Resigns After Losing Majority]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces that he is resigning. The message comes after less than a year in power where his Liberal Democratic LDP has lost its majority in both the parliament's lower house and upper house.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japanese households receive part of billion package]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Japanese households are to receive a share of an economic stimulus package equivalent to 140 billion dollars. The initiative is being launched following the ruling party LDP's disastrous election.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ishiba remains as leader after the disastrous election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Shigeru Ishiba remains as Prime Minister of Japan, despite the worst election result in 15 years. This has been established in a vote in the parliament's lower house on Monday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:34:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan's leader remains in power after election setback]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba intends to remain in his post after the weekend's election, which became a major failure for the country's long-ruling party.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ruling Party in Japan Loses Majority]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:17:44 GMT</pubDate>
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