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EDITORIAL. The ruling coalition's loss of a majority in the House of Councillors in the July 20 elections and the breakthrough of the ultra-conservative Sanseito party have triggered an unprecedented ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration set a target last year of raising the average minimum wage by 42% to ...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday expressed his desire to hold a summit quickly with South Korean President Lee Jae ...
Japan's parliament convened Friday for its first session since the ruling coalition lost its majority in July's House of ...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday that he continues to ask the United States (US) to implement measures, ...
Japan may not see U.S. tariffs on cars lowered swiftly to 15 percent, despite the government calling on the U.S. administration of Pr ...
Japan’s top trade negotiator and Minister of State for Economic Revitalization, Akimasa Akazawa, said the cuts on automobile tariffs could take time to be effected.
Japan’s factory output unexpectedly rose in June, as manufacturers showed resilience even as US tariffs weigh on the nation’s exports. Industrial production gained 1.7 percent from the previous month, ...
The lack of obvious successors who can unite the party and raise public support, coupled with a cautious opposition, puts him ...
The Defense Ministry said that it has become difficult to continue the event, which will not be held unless the security ...
Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has reiterated his intention to remain in office after emerging from a meeting that his ...