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Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

19 juillet 2025 à 00:01
With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

© Ko Sasaki for The New York Times

Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Japan Election 2025: What to Know

19 juillet 2025 à 00:01
Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.

© Issei Kato/Reuters

Supporters putting up election campaign posters this month on a bulletin board in Tokyo.
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Japanese Serial Killer Is Executed

27 juin 2025 à 02:45
Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.

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Takahiro Shiraishi in 2017, being brought to the prosecutor’s office in Tokyo.
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