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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Minority group representatives leave the Great Hall of the People after attending a plenary session of the eight-day National People's Congress on March 9, 2026.

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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Minority group representatives head to the Great Hall of the People to attend a plenary session of the eight-day National People's Congress on March 9, 2026.

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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Zhao Leji, chairperson of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, speaks during a plenary session of the eight-day congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2026.

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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Women dance outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where a plenary session of the eight-day National People's Congress is under way on March 9, 2026.

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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) attends a plenary session of the eight-day National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2026.

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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) attends a plenary session of the eight-day National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2026.

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National People's Congress in Beijing

National People's Congress in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary session of the eight-day National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question during a plenary session of the House of Councilors in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) attends a plenary session of the House of Councilors in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026.

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Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Japan main opposition party's leader Ogawa in parliament

Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (bottom) speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM in parliament

Japan PM in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM in parliament

Japan PM in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2026.

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Japan PM policy speech

Japan PM policy speech

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Japan PM policy speech

Japan PM policy speech

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Japan PM policy speech

Japan PM policy speech

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Japan PM policy speech

Japan PM policy speech

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Japan PM policy speech

Japan PM policy speech

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Special Diet session

Special Diet session

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the coalition's junior partner, the Japan Innovation Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Hirofumi Yoshimura, head of the coalition's junior partner, the Japan Innovation Party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from L), head of the coalition's junior partner, the Japan Innovation Party, and co-leader Fumitake Fujita (L), at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (C), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Fumitake Fujita (R), co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the LDP's junior coalition partner, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Yuichiro Tamaki, who heads the opposition Democratic Party for the People, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Junya Ogawa, head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, poses for a photo with Junya Ogawa (2nd from L), head of the largest opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, after Takaichi was reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session the same day.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, as prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, as prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, stands up after being reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, as prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, stands up after being reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, stands up after being reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, smiles after being reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Takaichi reelected as Japan's prime minister

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows after being reelected as Japan's prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2026, following the ruling party's landslide victory in the Feb. 8 general election.

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