Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in ...

The lack of obvious successors who can unite the party and raise public support, coupled with a cautious opposition, puts him ...

Following the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election, calls for Prime Minister ...

Japan’s bond market is bracing for one of its most volatile weeks this year as a mix of political trouble, central bank ...

Japan’s ruling party will likely debate the fate of beleaguered Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a gathering in the next few ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insisted he would to stay on after some ruling party lawmakers stepped up their calls ...

Last Sunday, a once obscure far-right party, Sanseito, surged from one to 15 seats in the elections, making them a serious ...

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya ...

When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a "massive" trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as "completed"—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently clinched trade deal ...