Some have been calling on Komeito to withdraw from costly races in constituencies and put resources into proportional ...

Japan's deepening political uncertainty risks prolonging policy paralysis that could affect the drafting of next year's ...

Eight of the 125 successful candidates in the July House of Councillors election believe Japan should arm itself with nuclear ...

Japan’s mounting political uncertainty could extend policy paralysis, potentially affecting the drafting of next year’s ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated Friday his intention to stay on as Japan's leader, defying calls to step down as the ...

The results of the election in Japan’s House of Councillors highlight a key trend: An era of political fragmentation in ...

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

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

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition lost its upper house majority in an election on Sunday -- after having suffered a similar lower house defeat in October -- but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made ...

“Kamiya sort of positions himself as a mini-Trump,” Kingston, the Asian studies professor, tells TIME. “He’s appealing to the ...

Premier says he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with US, but analysts say he faces political headwinds.

In last month's Upper House election, foreign actors were suspected to be behind the spread of disinformation on social media ...