Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.

In Japan’s July 20 House of Councillors election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest political party in Japan, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-US tariff ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff ...

Mr Ishiba has been under growing pressure to step down as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition ...

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election ...

The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

TOKYO--Investors took the outcome of Japan's parliamentary election in stride, with markets already pricing in another electoral defeat for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration.

A breakthrough in trade talks with the U.S. might win Ishiba a reprieve, but so far there's been scant sign of progress in ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

A bad night for the ruling coalition could cost the prime minister his job and make it harder to strike a deal with ...