Observers contrasted Shigeru Ishiba with the late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who formed close ties with ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows little signs of slowing, as autumn arrivals continue to ...

The newfound influence of opposition lawmakers in Japan has investors looking for gains in the shares of retailers and ...

Japan's government is considering restarting subsidies for electricity and gas prices from January next year, and continuing ...

The number of people in Japan who took their own lives in 2023 stood at 21,837, with suicides attributed to economic and ...

The Associated Press explains how the election results could weaken Ishiba's hold on power, and what the poor showing means for Japan’s diplomatic, economic and security goals. The governing Liberal ...

The survey, conducted by Nikkei Research from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, found 42% of the companies polled are considering wage hikes ...

A better explanation is an economy that’s not delivering ... s property crash is comparable to the 1990s bad-loan crisis that triggered Japan’s falling-price spiral. Seeing their bigger ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to make policy deals short of expanding its ruling coalition after the ruling ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to take tougher ... He said that in response to the poor election ...