TOKYO - Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday (July 19) he planned to visit Washington next week to ...

A poor showing by the coalition could shake investor confidence in the world’s fourth-largest economy and disrupt critical ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a difficult test in Sunday’s upper house election. A defeat could worsen ...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba s coalition lost its upper house majority in elections on Sunday, local media ...

Opinion polls suggest Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party may fall short of a majority in Upper House elections.

Japanese voters face a crucial upper house election with economic concerns and immigration issues threatening Prime Minister ...

Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner Komeito won around 41 of the 125 upper house seats contested on Sunday, short of the 50 needed to retain a majority, Nippon TV and TBS projected ...

Opinion polls suggest Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito may fall short of the 50 seats needed to retain control of the 248-seat upper house of parliament in an election w ...

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TOKYO -- The Japanese public voted on Sunday to determine the makeup of the nation's upper house, in a crucial vote for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose coalition is fighting to hold on to its ...

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese public is voting on Sunday to determine the makeup of the nation's upper house, in a crucial vote for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose coalition is fighting to hold on to its ...