The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

Now, Sunday’s election results in the upper house of Japan’s parliament threaten “to send shockwaves through U.S. bond ...

Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the country's upper house, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he ...

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.

Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Russia, China, and South Korea are trying to predict what the rise of Japan’s far right will mean for their interests.

A bad night for the ruling coalition could cost the prime minister his job and make it harder to strike a deal with ...

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

While foreign nationals do not have the right to vote unless they naturalize, as residents they contribute to the economy, pay taxes and raise families in Japan. As electoral results could impact ...

In Sunday's House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling bloc were harshly chastised by voters for the third time in the past year.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s major setback in the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is certain to give rise to concerns wi ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year's snap ...