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

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

A bad night for the ruling coalition could cost the prime minister his job and make it harder to strike a deal with ...

Moody's has rated Japan A1, the fifth-highest level, with a "stable" outlook since December 2014. But it warned in a report ...

“It’s possible Japan might experience its own triple whammy of market turmoil, perhaps a Japanese version of the ‘Trump ...

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

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently ...

In Brief. In Japan’s forthcoming quadrennial unified local elections there will be 1000 separate elections. More than 230 political heads, such as prefectural governors and city and town mayors, will ...

TOKYO, July 18 (Reuters) - Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, ...

While foreign nationals do not have the right to vote unless they naturalize, as residents they contribute to the economy, pay taxes and raise families in Japan. As electoral results could impact ...

TOKYO — (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year's ...

Japan is due to hold its election for its Upper House of the legislative body on Sunday, Jul. 20. Ishiba under pressure ...