The yen and Japanese stocks may be volatile this week as a setback for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition in the upper house election casts doubt over the nation’s policy direction, ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

The LDP remains the single largest party in both chambers of Japan’s parliament. But the results on Sunday confirm that its ...

The share of votes garnered by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito in the ...

North Korea plans to build another 5,000-ton destroyer by October 2026, state media reported Tuesday, following the launch of ...

The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

TOKYO--Investors took the outcome of Japan's parliamentary election in stride, with markets already pricing in another electoral defeat for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration.

The listless performance of established parties such as the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito in Sunday’s Upper House ...

After back-to-back defeats in both houses—a historic first in 70 years for the Liberal Democratic Party—the latest Upper ...

A Cabinet member on Tuesday said Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should face up to his mismanagement of the ...

Shigeru Ishiba was long considered an outside prospect to become Japan’s leader — so much so that he once said it would take ...