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 ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was ...

Prime Minister Ishiba’s election gamble has failed. Japan now faces another period of political uncertainty, which could ...

Voters rebuke the ruling LDP party, but at the risk of a defense setback.

Japan’s potential kingmaker Yuichiro Tamaki faces a hazardous path as he looks to remain a power broker well beyond Monday’s ...

Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s ...