Last summer, Hanako Okada, a Tokyo lawyer and mother of two young children, started to plan a campaign for Parliament from the northern rural district where she spent her childhood.…
Despite leading his party to big losses in a snap general election last month, Shigeru Ishiba, the prime minister of Japan, won a vote in Parliament on Monday to carry…
The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut by the political turmoil…
For years, Japan has managed to resist the populist waves that have swept Europe and the United States as disaffected electorates have demanded radical change.But as voters handed the long-standing…
Japanese voters are not accustomed to nail-biter elections.But as the country holds parliamentary elections on Sunday, the party that has governed Japan for all but four years since 1955 is…
Japan's leaders have plenty to think about. The country's population is shrinking and rapidly aging.One neighbor, North Korea, is a nuclear menacewhile another, China, is escalating territorial incursions and information…
When Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan stepped down on Wednesday, he became the latest in a growing line of unpopular leaders to cycle through a sclerotic political system that…
When voters in Tokyo cast their ballot for governor of the world's largest city on Sunday, they were spoiled for choice.Fifty-six candidates contended for the office, a record. One who…
Deal making runs into presidential politics President Biden holds talks on Wednesday for Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, part of a state visit designed to show the US's commitment to…
The economy is now in recession after barely growing for decades. The population continues to shrink, with births last year plunging to a nadir. The country's politics appear frozen as…