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

In Sunday's House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling bloc were harshly chastised by voters for the third time in the past year.

Russia, China, and South Korea are trying to predict what the rise of Japan’s far right will mean for their interests.

Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru ...

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s major setback in the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is certain to give rise to concerns wi ...

After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were scheduled to take effect.

By Junko Fujita and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election.

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