Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation could herald a political turmoil in Japan, as no decisive winner emerged from the latest House of Councillors election, in which the ruling bloc suffered a ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

Tokyo pitches itself as attractive UN base as US withdraws from multilateral leadership, citing safety, currency advantages and potential for cooperation.

The populist surge on the right is a familiar electoral feature across the West. Gains by the far right in Japan show its ...

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

In Japan’s July 20 House of Councillors election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest political party in Japan, ...

Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right? - Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains ...

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

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