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Japan Election LIVE: Heavy snowfall blanketed many parts of the country on election day, including Tokyo and other regions that rarely see winter snow. A 50-year-old voter told AFP, “I think it's ...

Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Japan Innovation Party have swept the majority of seats in Japan's lower house.

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...