Instead of adopting short-term populist responses to the cost of living, Japan needs a mature and sensible approach to fiscal ...

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has slipped ahead of key national elections next month, a ...

Support for Mr Ishiba's government is 34 per cent, down from 39 per cent three weeks ago. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

Ishiba’s plan to distribute cash handouts of ¥20,000 per adult is expected to cost around ¥3.5 trillion, according to his ...

Raising his one unsplit Guinness, the Taoiseach opted to cheers in both Irish and Japanese, with chants of 'sláinte' and ...

Support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has slipped ahead of key national ... to each individual and an additional ¥20,000 to children as well as adult members of low-income households ...

The leader of right-wing minor opposition Sanseito party called for a societal shift that encourages more women to stay home ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...