Whether on the left or the right, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters.

The yen got some much-needed respite on Tuesday as it steadied on the stronger side of 155 per dollar thanks to a pullback in the U.S. currency, which ran into profit-taking after a stellar rally that ...

The approval rating for the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rose 7.9 percentage points to 40.0 percent, a ...

You may swoon or spit but there is no way that Japan can ignore former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Vocal critics called him a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reportedly didn't get meeting he sought with US president-elect Donald Trump, who though met with Argentina's President Javier Milei last week. Observers said ...

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, the wife of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s brother has passed away at the age of 101. The Princess ...

Unlike in other democracies this year, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party bucked the trend of electoral defeat but the Ishiba ...

Motohiko Saito garnered popular support despite strong opposition from political parties and a majority of Hyogo’s city ...

Former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito was reelected in Sunday’s gubernatorial election, after losing the post in September over ...