Japan: Winter 2025-26

With this post begins the cycle of predictions for the Northern Hemisphere Winter 2025-26 (Southern Hemisphere Summer 2025-26) period. I publish regular predictions for close to 30 countries of the world.

This post is regarding astrological predictions for Japan during Winter 2025-26 season (late December 2025 to late March 2026 period). It is available to read to all subscribers for reading, including those who subscribe for free. In case you are not yet subscribed, you may do so here.

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Region in focus: Japan

General validity period: late December 2025 to late March 2026 (around 22 Dec 2025 to 20 Mar 2026)

Season of focus: Northern Hemisphere Winter (late Dec 2025 to late Mar 2026)

Date when this prediction is being published: 8 November 2025

PREDICTIONS

I start with a bit of background.

Back on 8 September 2025, I had predicted this for Japan in my Autumn 2025 predictions: "After Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation, his party, LDP, needs a new president and the country needs a new prime minister. However, I see confusion, nebulousness, deception and turbulence at the top. It may not be simple for the eventual LDP president to also become the new PM. The new leader could be a woman."

What happened?

On 4 October 2025, Japan’s governing party elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a woman, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister. However, long-time coalition partner Komeito head Tetsuo Saito indicated in comments that aired on 8 October that the party will not vote for Ms Takaichi in a parliamentary ballot to decide the prime minister if a coalition agreement is not in place. On 10 October, Komeito announced quitting its coalition with Ms Takaichi. The path for Ms Takaichi to become the country's leader looked blocked. However, on 21 October, Ms Takaichi did become the Prime Minister, thanks to a last-minute deal with the right-leaning Japan Innovation Party (JIP), also known as Ishin.

The prediction thus was successful in all its details. You will find some more successes in my non-exhaustive list of successful predictions here if you search for Japan.

Now, let's do the next set of predictions!

Note: It is recommended that you also read long-term predictions for the country in conjunction with this post. They can be read on a dedicated page for long-term predictions, here.

• It may a quite warm winter, overall. Strong earthquake probable.
• There could be incidents of fires/explosions/firearms and/or a volcanic eruption in the country during this period.
• Financial relations with some other country may be a source of some trouble, and there could be review of some trade treaty or foreign relation with another Asian country. However, relations with faraway countries, including trade relations, overall, may see a beneficial period.
• New laws & regulations related to immigration/emigration and/or employment may be proposed, in a bid that Japanese people benefit. Japanese workers may benefit from some arrangement made with a foreign country regarding visas/work permits.
• Relations with some nearby country to face challenges, and there might also be naval movement. As spring nears, military movements increase, and there may even be some warlike talk. The country suffers from information leaks, carried out by another country.
• There could be discontent among the young people of the country, and there could be demonstrations against the government. Some of this activity may be surreptitiously supported by a nearby country. The ruling government, on the whole, may be quite unpopular among the country's people. This unpopularity increases more and more as spring nears.
• There could also be issues related to health or injuries when it concerns the young or children. Hospitals could be busy.
• Transportation accident is possible. This is particularly likely in late February-early March 2026 (or late April-early May 2026). It may cause injuries to travellers and the young.
• In the world of sport, mostly ordinary results for the country, especially in the initial part of this period. Some of the results may be quite surprising.
• Death of some present or former politician (or someone who holds or held considerable power) possible during this period, most probably around late February-early March 2026.
• The country is soon entering into a more than a decade-long era when governments are unstable and rulers' positions uncertain. Popular movements emerge in this era, imagining reforms in the social and political spheres. Strikes and demonstrations may become commonplace, targeting businesses as much as the political class. From Spring 2026 onwards, for the next 6-7 years, the country may also be engaged more and more in military affairs (more on that would be said in the Spring 2026 predictions).

For possible critical dates, see the Critical Dates page.

Note: Regularly updated lists of some of my successful predictions in the past can be found here. They include the election of Sanae Takaichi as Japan's new prime minister, the fall of Paetongtarn Shinawatra government in Thailand, India's trade troubles with the U.S., the fall of Sébastien Lecornu 1.0 and François Bayrou governments in France, U.S. bombing of Iran, Israel's strike on Iran, the timing of India's missile strikes on Pakistan, the death of Pope Francis, Trump win, Indonesian and South Korean politics in the recent past, several elections correctly called, and numerous earthquakes, accidents and other disasters.

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