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

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

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 ...

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

The right-wing populist party Sanseito made big strides in parliamentary elections in Japan, capitalizing on concerns about the economy, immigration and overtourism.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will announce his resignation by the end of next month, Japanese media reported on ...

Japanese markets were closed for a holiday, but the rise in the yen and Nikkei futures showed investors had already priced in ...

Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime ...

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

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

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