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Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025
The short answer is: — a sharp government bond (JGB) sell-off can push global yields higher and that, in turn, raises funding costs and discount rates that influence real‑estate financing, including b...
Clinicians and commentators have pointed to a string of public behaviors — sudden disappearances from view, apparent wandering while walking with a foreign leader, repeated public ranting and highly e...
Yes — experienced a sharp, disorderly sell-off in mid‑January 2026 that many outlets and market participants described as a “” or “meltdown,” with long‑dated yields spiking to multi‑decade highs and a...
Tensions between Japan and China have sharply increased since Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could justify Japanese military action — prompting Chinese war...
Recent market shocks — a sharp sell-off in ese government bonds, a falling yen and panic over proposed fiscal moves by — have exposed vulnerabilities in Japan’s public finances and shaken global marke...
Concerns about President Donald Trump’s cognitive health in 2024–2025 center on a pattern of public behaviors — tangential or confabulatory speech, apparent confusion or getting “lost” during walks an...
Coverage of Sanae Takaichi in international outlets has been polarized: a cluster of pieces frames her as a hardline, nationalist figure whose Taiwan remarks escalated tensions with China (TIME, Reute...
Claims about Donald Trump’s mental health have been a recurring political and media touchpoint since 2016, used both to challenge his fitness and to defend him—discussion has ranged from public specul...
Tensions in the East China Sea that could spark a Japan–China clash center on the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, frequent Chinese maritime and aerial patrols near Japanese territory (including coast...