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

Toms River Mayor is likely to face a hostile Township Council majority after his rivals won 3 of 4 seats available in the GOP primary.

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

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

Mr Ishiba has been under growing pressure to step down as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a ...

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

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

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

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.

A breakthrough in trade talks with the U.S. might win Ishiba a reprieve, but so far there's been scant sign of progress in negotiating away the threat of higher tariffs on Japan 's exports to the U.S.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Japan ’s election results could hamper U.S. trade talks, Israeli ...