--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Japan ## Japan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 23, 2026 ## [Japanese PM Sets Off Debate About Work-Life Balance](https://time.com/article/2026/07/23/japan-sanae-takaichi-overwork-work-life-balance-karoshi/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Feb 8, 2026 ## [Japan’s Takaichi Wins Big in Snap Election: What to Know](https://time.com/7372956/japan-takaichi-election-win/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rebecca Schneid and Chad de Guzman *  Jan 15, 2026 ## [Why Japan’s New PM Is Calling a Snap Election](https://time.com/7346495/japan-sanae-takaichi-snap-election-ldp/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Dec 9, 2025 ## [Japan Issues ‘Megaquake’ Warning: What to Know](https://time.com/7339528/japan-megaquake-warning-earthquake-big-one-magnitude-explainer/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Oct 21, 2025 ## [What to Know About Sanae Takaichi’s New Government](https://time.com/7327260/japan-prime-minister-sanae-takaichi-ldp-coalition-komeito-ishin-analysis/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Oct 8, 2025 ## [The Japanese City Urging Residents to Reduce Screen Time](https://time.com/7324134/the-japanese-city-limiting-its-residents-to-two-hours-of-screen-time-a-day/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Callum Sutherland *  Oct 4, 2025 ## [What Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Means for Women](https://time.com/7322887/japan-sanae-takaichi-ldp-leader-election-first-female-prime-minister/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Sep 10, 2025 ## [How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Make Controversial WWII Message](https://time.com/7315846/japan-shigeru-ishiba-ldp-wwii-apology-message/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Sep 8, 2025 ## [Why Ishiba Resigned—and What’s Next for Japan](https://time.com/7315284/shigeru-ishiba-japan-prime-minister-resignation-ldp-future-analysis-explainer/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Aug 1, 2025 ## [What to Know About Japan’s Rising ‘Mini-Trump’ Movement](https://time.com/7306873/japan-elections-japanese-first-sanseito-sohei-kamiya-trump-far-right/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Jul 18, 2025 ## [How Rice Could Decide Japan’s Next Election](https://time.com/7303377/japan-rice-election-minister-ishiba-koizumi-farm/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Oct 11, 2024 ## [Meet the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize](https://time.com/7086109/nobel-peace-prize-nihon-hidankyo/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Solcyré Burga *  Sep 27, 2024 ## [What the Next Japanese PM Means for the World](https://time.com/7025753/shigeru-ishiba-japan-prime-minister-ldp-leadership-election-result-analysis/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Sep 26, 2024 ## [What to Know About Japan’s LDP Election—and the Possibility of a First Female PM](https://time.com/7024631/ldp-election-japan-politics-first-female-prime-minister/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Aug 14, 2024 ## [Who Could Be Japan’s New Prime Minister After Kishida Steps Aside](https://time.com/7010784/japan-fumio-kishida-new-prime-minister-replacement-election/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Bloomberg ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/japan/","name":"Japan"}}]}] ```