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The person chosen to lead Japan’s governing party, and become prime minister next week, is a veteran politician with deep policy experience, a taste for curry and anime — and big challenges ahead of h ( read original story ...)

Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day . Helene made landfall Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane with over 9 feet of storm surge observed along the state’s coast. ( read original story ...)

Daily Memo: Setting Expectations For The Osaka World Expo is published in Advanced Air Mobility Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka won a match after going a set down for the first time since 2022 on Friday, advancing to the third round of the China Open. ( read original story ...)

Shigeru Ishiba, right, with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and other candidates, celebrates after Ishiba was elected as new head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party during its leadership election Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, Pool) ( read original story ...)

Japan’s ruling party has elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new leader, positioning the former defence chief as Japan's next leader. ( read original story ...)

As preparations continue at the site of next year’s Osaka Kansai Expo, a massive wooden structure has been completed. The Grand Ring will encircle all the main attractions of the global gathering as a key symbol of the Expo as a whole. ( read original story ...)

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see off security threats from powerful neighbours after triumphing in his fifth and what he called final leadership bid on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader poised to become Japan's new prime minister, often appears in photos with a furrowed brow, but his expression immediately clears when he talks about one of his true loves – plastic models. ( read original story ...)

Organizers of the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo scrapped plans to allow passengers onto the event's highly anticipated small electric aircraft due to their failure to meet safety regulations. ( read original story ...)

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister more popular with the rank and file than with his lawmaker colleagues, had sought his party leadership four times before. ( read original story ...)

The BluEarth AE-01 is a fuel-efficient standard tire in the BluEarth, a YOKOHAMA’s global tire brand based on the concept of being “environmentally, human, and socially friendly”. It demonstrates ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is hopeful that her stint with new coach Patrick Mouratoglou will develop into a long-term partnership, the four-times Grand Slam champion said on Wednesday after easing into the second round of the China Open. ( read original story ...)

South Korea's Yonhap news agency dubbed Ishiba "a dove" on the matter of Japan's ties with South Korea, citing past comments that questioned whether Japan had done enough to redress its role in World War Two that continues to affect ties with regional neighbours. ( read original story ...)

Karis Teetan will use five rides at Nakayama on Saturday as a guide to the unique track in preparation for his Group One assault with Mugen in Sunday’s Sprinters Stakes ... ( read original story ...)

The party leadership win is a ticket to the top job because the Liberal Democratic Party’s ruling coalition currently controls the parliament. ( read original story ...)