Japanese legislators are set to decide on Monday whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will remain in power after a scandal-affected election loss. Despite his Liberal Democratic Party's success in…
Japan's potential kingmaker Yuichiro Tamaki faces a hazardous path as he looks to remain a power broker well beyond Monday's vote to decide the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.By…
Japan's potential kingmaker Yuichiro Tamaki faces a hazardous path as he looks to remain a power broker well beyond Monday's vote to decide the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.By…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba quickly extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on Wednesday evening, shortly after it became clear the Republican Party's nominee was victorious in the US presidential…
Japan's conservatives have denounced a recent United Nations committee recommendation urging the nation to change its laws to allow a woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, accusing it of ignorance…
ANKARAPolitical wrangling continues in Japan to form a new government following last month's snap elections as Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru instructed his party to hold negotiations with the opposition Democratic…
Japan's government has revised downward its projection of the country's economic growth this fiscal year, citing a slow recovery in automobile exports as the main reason. The Cabinet Office on…
In one day, Japanese voters transformed the politics of the land. What still appeared as a low probability scenario a few weeks ago—the ruling coalition losing its majority in the…
Japan's snap election on October 27 did not induce much excitement in voters. The turnout rate – 53.85 percent – was the third lowest since 1945. The low energy campaign…
Sunday's general election in Japan left a mess.The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for much of the past 70 years, lost its majority in the House of…