Upper House election approaches, the LDP leans on crisis rhetoric while the opposition fails to offer a credible plan to fund ...

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday (July 6) he won't "easily compromise" in talks with Washington as ...

Japan's major political parties are offering their visions for Japan in the decades ahead as they prepare for an upper house ...

For Japanese, rice is more than just a staple food. Cultivated in the country for more than 2,000 years, rice is considered ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan is not importing U ...

Prime minister stresses that Japan is importing US rice from California, counters Trump assertion that Japan ‘won’t take our ...

Most worrisome now is a growing sense among the Japanese public that the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner.

Campaigning for the House of Councillors election began Thursday and will continue until the day before the polls open on July 20. Economic measures to counter prolonged high prices will be a key ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pushed back against the idea there has been little progress in negotiations with the ...

TOKYO – Concerns about trade talks possibly stalling is spreading within the Japanese government following U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment on Tuesday that cast doubt on reaching an agreement on ...

The US has eased export restrictions on China for chip design software and ethane, a sign that trade tensions are calming ...