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

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

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

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

By Junko Fujita and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in ...

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

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in the upper house of parliament.

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

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 ...