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

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

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 dollar edged up on Tuesday, but activity across the currency market was subdued, as investors awaited any signs of progress in talks ahead of an August 1 deadline that could bring steep tariffs ...

Japanese politics has reached a major turning point. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito suffered a crushing ...

Bank of Japan officials see little need to shift their policy stance of gradually raising interest rates in the wake of Prime ...

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Tuesday, despite overnight gains on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, driven by optimism over ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mentioned on a July 20 radio program that 60% of Japanese military deaths during World War II ...

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

Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes inched to more records at the start of a week of profit updates ...

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower houses of parliament; last October, the LDP lost ...