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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicSanae Takaichi

Topic: Sanae Takaichi

Japan to restart world’s largest nuclear power plant 15 years after Fukushima disaster shutdown

The restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa comes as Tokyo pushes to cut its reliance on imported fossil fuels amid an expected surge in energy demand from energy-intensive AI data centres.

170 building destroyed as biggest fire in 50 years ravages Japan

Aerial footage showed houses reduced to rubble & thick plumes of smoke rising from the hilly Saganoseki district, the flames had also spread to an uninhabited island 1km off the coast.

World leaders react to Red Fort blast, offer condolences

Canadian PM Mark Carney, Guyanese President Ali, Japanese PM Takaichi Sana and several other world leaders expressed their solidarity and condolences on the blast in Delhi.

US-Japan close to signing joint document on securing rare earth minerals

Trump and Takaichi plan to sign a deal Tuesday to boost economic security after China tightened rare earth export controls vital for products from smartphones to fighter jets.

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s first test is on 28 October—her meeting with Trump

Sanae Takaichi is no feminist icon—her views on gender roles and same-sex marriage are conservative—but she is seen as resolute, even hardline, on policy.

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India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.