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Here are the main players in the post-election jockeying for power.

Just eight days after taking office, Shigeru Ishiba's move to dissolve the House of Representatives is the fastest by a postwar leader.

It remains to be seen how many female candidates the LDP will field in a snap election due on Oct. 27.

Here is what to expect in the following weeks as Shigeru Ishiba seeks to hold on to his party's lower house majority.

Veteran lawmaker Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister after prevailing over hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi.

Each candidate, having secured backing from at least 20 LDP lawmakers to qualify for the poll, will begin a series of public appearances.

Eleven candidates are expected to compete for the party's top position in the upcoming contest.

Candidates need 20 signatures from LDP parliamentarians to run for leadership of the party.

The LDP will hold a contest in September to replace Fumio Kishida as president of the ruling party, and by extension as the PM of Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of risks from mudslides and floods after record-breaking rainfall over last two days in some cities.

The meteorological agency warned of a higher probability of a huge earthquake in the Nankai trough.

Nagasaki's mayor said he would stick to a decision to exclude Israel's ambassador from Friday's event to mark the city's atomic bombing.

Fumio Kishida vows to conduct reforms of ruling party and political system, resolve salary issues and take measures to combat inflation.

Fumio Kishida referred to work the US National Park Service is undertaking to spruce up the Tidal Basin, an area of parkland in Washington.

Australia said any cooperation would be on a project-by-project basis as differences emerge within the pact over adding new members.

Astronomers find three layers on a scorching gas planet orbiting a star larger and hotter than the sun.

According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.

Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.

So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.

Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.

The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.

The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.

The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.