TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that he will "solemnly" accept the verdict of voters, if ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...

The introduction of a selective separate surname system for married couples in Japan, which would allow them to choose ...

Some observers say conservative voters who left the Democratic Party for the People are turning to the fledgling opposition ...

His Liberal Democratic Party has led Japan almost continuously since 1955. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan plans to hold an upper house election on July 20, government spokesperson, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said on ...

Sohei Kamiya insists that he and his rising Sanseito political party are not encouraging hatred and discrimination against foreigners, despite running election campaigns featuring anti-immigrant ...

Japan’s key consumer inflation measure accelerated to a fresh two-year high as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gears up for a ...

In a Truth Social post Monday afternoon, the president claimed that the Japanese people and their government were “spoiled” ...

To use a “current policy” baseline assumes the continuation of existing policy such as Trump’s 2017 tax plan, which is set to ...

Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, ...