Opposition party Sanseito, which espouses “Japanese First” policies and spouts anti-immigrant rhetoric, made a strong showing in the July 20 Upper House election and seized 14 seats, galvanizing ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Japan is in political flux after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition lost its upper house majority for the first ...

The embattled prime minister said he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with the United States and other pressing ...

If you need to add a new fear in your life, I have the perfect one for you: being eaten alive by a sinkhole. In 2013, a man ...

TOKYO >> Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in his post on Monday after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in his post on Monday after his ruling coalition suffered a ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which Prime Minister Ishiba leads, secured 47 seats in parliament, short of the 50 it needs for a majority.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday he was determined to protect his country's national interests as trade negotiations with the U.S. struggled and President Donald Trump ...

The defeat prompted some of his own party to deliberate his future as the opposition weighed a no-confidence motion. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.