Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

Global shares edged higher on Friday as robust U.S. economic data and corporate earnings this week tempered tariff concerns ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

As Japan prepares to vote for the House of Councilors, right-wing politicians are challenging PM Shigeru Ishiba over ...

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Economy, security top concerns as Japan votes. Julian Ryall Tokyo. 10/29/2021 October 29, 2021. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Demorats are expected to retain enough seats to keep power ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Japan-U.S. ties can also focus on engaging multilaterally, such as with Australia or South Korea, to address the issues raised in the Economic 2+2. Since Japan is preparing itself to make concrete ...

Japan's economy has been struggling for two decades and faces some of the same problems the U.S. has. Here, a man in Tokyo passes an electronic board displaying falling global markets.

After the Kobe earthquake in 1995, even in the midst of its own economic problems, sluggish growth, really difficult indebtedness problems, they managed to rebuild a major Japanese city quickly ...