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 ...

In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited Ukraine to talk with the country's authorities. The arrival of Japan's first ...

Akamatsu, a member of Japan's big tent conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), became the first manga creator to win a ...

Japan's parliament has reelected struggling Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after his governing coalition suffered its worst ...

Moving forward, the ruling and opposition parties must work together to reform and rebuild public trust, aiming for unity.” ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whom lawmakers voted to keep in office Monday despite his party’s dismal recent election showing, has vowed to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

The Japanese parliament on Monday re-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister in a rare runoff ...