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 Saturday criticized opposition leaders as irresponsible for proposing a consumption tax cut ...

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.

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 ...

While the battle for votes is largely centred on cost of living, immigration remains an emotive flashpoint. Read more at ...