Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

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

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

The central bank held its overnight call rate target steady at 0.5%, where it has remained since its last hike in January.

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

Facing the threat of losing its official party status in the July 20 House of Councillors election, the Social Democratic ...

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in the upper house of parliament.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its ...