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The Belle II experiment has begun its main physics running with a fully instrumented detector in Tsukuba, Japan. With the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy e$^+$e$^-$ collider producing collisions with an ultimate design luminosity of 8 $\times 10^{35}\,$cm$^{-2}\,$s$^{-1}$ and a planned $50\,$ab$^{-1}$ data set, the Belle II/SuperKEKB facility is poised to become the world's first Super B Factory. Belle II plans to perform a broad range of high precision measurements in flavor physics while also exploring hints of new physics along with a robust program for dark matter searches. This talk will present the results of the commissioning stages performed to prepare for long-term running in a challenging high-luminosity environment, first results from the Belle II physics program, and future prospects.
