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…
TOKYO -- Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected the country's 102nd prime minister on Tuesday and vowed his administration would work to win…
TOKYO -- After winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Friday, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister, succeeding Fumio Kishida.A long-time…
TOKYO -- After winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on Friday, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan's next prime minister, succeeding Fumio Kishida.A long-time…
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…