Heisei period
Race to become Japan's next PM kicks off
Japan's leadership race kicked off on Thursday with a record nine candidates, including the surfing son of a former prime minister and an arch-nationalist, vying to be the first woman premier.
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Japan economy posts longest expansion in over a decade
Japan's economy grew 1 percent in the April-June period, notching up its sixth straight quarter of growth and its longest economic expansion in over a decade, government data showed on Aug. 14.