Takaichi leads LDP to crushing victory in Japan election
Prime minister steers ruling party to its own majority with 246 seats
No easy end to easy money
Kevin Warsh won’t be able to fix the Fed without a responsible Congress and president
Lindsey Vonn suffers serious crash in Winter Olympics downhill ski race
Veteran competitor, already suffering torn knee ligament, airlifted to hospital after accident early in run
Meloni hits out at ‘enemies of Italy’ after rail sabotage and Olympic protests
Prime minister says ‘gangs of criminals’ are undermining country’s efforts to host Winter Games
The downside of staving off recessions
Long periods of expansion create fiscal, financial and productivity risks
Retail traders double down on silver even as price plunges
Precious metal’s wild swings in price have only boosted its ‘sex appeal’ for individual investors
The end of nuclear arms control
Expiry of the New Start treaty makes the world a much more dangerous place
Carney’s ‘art of the deal’: Canada leverages subs contract for auto investment
Ottawa pits Germany against South Korea as it looks to strengthen non-US trade ties
Economists reject Kevin Warsh’s claim that AI boom will enable rate cuts
FT-Booth Survey shows scepticism of productivity gains forecast by Trump’s pick as next Fed chair
Japan goes to the polls after shortest election campaign in postwar era
Promise of change by country’s first female leader has won widespread support
Mandelson’s payout after being sacked as ambassador to be reviewed
Move comes as ministers prepare to release messages relating to peer’s appointment as UK’s key diplomat in Washington
Can Europe get kids off social media?
Move follows Australia’s decision to introduce age restrictions over child safety concerns
Italian olive oil farmers say flood of imports is causing price collapse
Cheaper supplies from Tunisia are forcing producers to sell at a loss, industry group says
Bitcoin is still about $69,000 too high
The crypto crash is coming — and the landing won’t be pretty
Exploding ‘laughing gas’ hits UK energy-from-waste plants
Nitrous oxide canisters are causing furnace shutdowns and costing millions of pounds a year
South East Water still has ‘troubling’ governance gap, warn auditors
UK utility that left 30,000 households without water has no internal audit function
Disney’s magic might find a home in Big Tech’s kingdom
New chief Josh D’Amaro takes over as group faces pressing challenges
Outgunned and overrun: Nigeria struggles to contain surge in militant violence
Massacre in remote villages underscores inability to stem crisis amid pressure from US to deal with Islamist extremists
‘What do you do with all that money?’ Tether plots its global expansion
One of crypto’s biggest players has grand plans to deploy its large profits
Banks push for speedy European IPOs to cut market risk
Bookbuilding periods shrink to record low, helped by strong demand for continent’s stocks
Four all-star European getaways
Dark-sky escapes to make the most of longer nights
Almost a fifth of FTSE 100 CEOs live outside the UK
Bosses running some of Britain’s biggest companies are based in countries including the US and Italy
World’s priciest hotels charge record prices in defiance of luxury slowdown
‘Hugely resilient’ wealthy travellers are willing to pay up for access to health and lifestyle amenities
Is mid-life career malaise a joke?
A film about one professional’s move into comedy shows the highs and lows of finding a new vocation