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TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo - Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election. (Kyodo)

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Special Diet session

Japanese lawmakers arrive at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, for a special session following the Feb. 8 general election.

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Japan PM dissolves lower house for snap general election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) and other lawmakers from her Liberal Democratic Party raise their fists in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, after she dissolved the House of Representatives earlier in the day for a snap general election on Feb. 8.

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Japan PM dissolves lower house for snap general election

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) and other lawmakers from her Liberal Democratic Party raise their fists in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, after she dissolved the House of Representatives earlier in the day for a snap general election on Feb. 8.

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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers leave the House of Representatives chamber in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house during its plenary session for a snap election on Feb. 8.

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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves lower house

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bows while lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, after the House of Representatives was dissolved for a snap election on Feb. 8.

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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Feb. 8.

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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Feb. 8.

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Japan PM Takaichi dissolves lower house

Japanese lawmakers throw their arms in the air for a customary "banzai" in parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves the House of Representatives for a snap election on Feb. 8.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

Ichiro Aisawa (L), leader of a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers for visiting Yasukuni Shrine, speaks during a press conference after the group's visit to the war-linked Shinto shrine in Tokyo on the occasion of the shrine's three-day autumn festival on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers, including Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya (foreground L), visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visits the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on the occasion of the Shinto shrine's three-day autumn festival on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (R) holds hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers of both houses of the Diet at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the ruling party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (R) holds hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers of both houses of the Diet at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the ruling party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (C) acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote. (Pool photo)

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (facing camera) acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (facing camera) acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi (C) acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi bows to fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledges fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2025, after winning the party's presidential election in a runoff vote.

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Japan's ruling LDP lawmakers' meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a joint plenary meeting of the party's lawmakers from both houses of parliament at the LDP'S headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025.

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Japan's ruling LDP lawmakers' meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L), chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a joint plenary meeting of the party's lawmakers from both houses of parliament at the LDP'S headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025. Sitting next to him is Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of the party.

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Japan's ruling LDP lawmakers' meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, heads for a joint plenary meeting of the party's lawmakers from both houses of parliament at the LDP'S headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025.

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Yasukuni shrine visit on end of WWII anniv.

Members of a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visit the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Yasukuni shrine visit on end of WWII anniv.

Members of a cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visit the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japanese PM Ishiba at party meeting

TOKYO, Japan, July 28 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on July 28, 2025, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, during the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of lawmakers for both houses since the July 20 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Japanese PM Ishiba at party meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (standing) speaks on July 28, 2025, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, during the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of lawmakers for both houses since the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japanese PM Ishiba at party meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on July 28, 2025, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, during the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of lawmakers for both houses since the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japanese PM Ishiba at party meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on July 28, 2025, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, during the Liberal Democratic Party's first meeting of lawmakers for both houses since the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Head of abductee families group returns home from Washington

TOKYO, Japan, May 4 Kyodo - Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades earlier, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 4, 2025, following a trip to Washington for meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers. Yokota's sister Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13. (Kyodo)

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Head of abductee families group returns home from Washington

Takuya Yokota (C), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades earlier, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 4, 2025, following a trip to Washington for meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers. Yokota's sister Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13.

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Head of abductee families group returns home from Washington

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades earlier, meets the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 4, 2025, following a trip to Washington for meetings with U.S. government officials and lawmakers. Yokota's sister Megumi was abducted in 1977 at age 13.

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Families of Japanese abductees in Washington

Takuya Yokota (far R), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and whose sister was taken in 1977 at age 13, speaks at a press conference in Washington on April 30, 2025, after meeting with U.S. government officials and lawmakers to seek assistance from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to bring their loved ones home.

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Japan ruling LDP secretary general in Beijing

Hiroshi Moriyama (C), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who heads a cross-party group of China-friendly Japanese lawmakers, speaks to reporters at the Japanese embassy in Beijing on April 29, 2025, following a meeting with Zhao Leji, the No. 3 in the Chinese Communist Party's leadership.

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Japan ruling LDP secretary general in Beijing

Hiroshi Moriyama (C), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, who heads a cross-party group of China-friendly Japanese lawmakers, speaks to reporters at the Japanese embassy in Beijing on April 29, 2025, following a meeting with Zhao Leji, the No. 3 in the Chinese Communist Party's leadership.

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Delegation of Japanese lawmakers visits Beijing

Zhao Leji (2nd from R), ranked No. 3 in the Chinese Communist Party, holds talks with Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a cross-party group of China-friendly Japanese lawmakers, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29, 2025.

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Delegation of Japanese lawmakers visits Beijing

Hiroshi Moriyama (4th from L), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a cross-party group of China-friendly Japanese lawmakers, holds talks with Zhao Leji, ranked No. 3 in the Chinese Communist Party, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29, 2025.