Political maneuvering intensified amid suggestions by ruling party officials that a no-confidence motion against Prime ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appears willing to dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election before opposition parties ...

Unless Japan experiences a substantial expansion in tax revenue at current rates, tax increases inevitably await. Securing ...

Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, a candidate for president of the main opposition party, announced policies that put him at odds with left-leaning elements in the party and its political allies.

Taku Eto acknowledges making ‘an extremely inappropriate remark at a time when citizens are suffering from soaring rice ...

Japan's ruling coalition on Tuesday formally accepted a revision to the government's proposed pension reform plan, agreeing ...

Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, or Farms Taki Eto resigned Wednesday after his comments over the ...

Former Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi was appointed the new agriculture minister on Wednesday following the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday sacked farm minister Taku Eto over a controversial remark that sparked ...

The agreement came at a meeting among Prime Minister and LDP President Shigeru Ishiba, Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Ishiba ...

Representative Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the CDP, said Wednesday that Eto's comments "showed no consideration for the people's lives, who are suffering as rice prices soar, and they rubbed the ...