Former Bank of Japan policy board member Takahide Kiuchi said the domestic political situation is tilted against more rate ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic and policies could further weaken the yen's value against the U.S. dollar, the ...

Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

Japan - Some Tokyo residents urged Japan's newly elected leadership to tackle corruption head-on and take meaningful steps to ...

US President-elect Donald Trump pressured Japan to pay more for American troops stationed on its soil during his first term.

The cliffhanger election in the United States in which Kamala Harris came close to becoming the country's first female ...

A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...

Observers contrasted Shigeru Ishiba with the late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who formed close ties with ...