A senior ruling party lawmaker plans to step down from a key post in the upper house after coming under fire for describing ...

Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

According to a senior official of the ruling LDP, Yosuke Tsuruho is poised to step down as chairman of the Budget Committee ...

The official campaign period for the House of Councillors election got underway on July 3 as the lingering issue of "money in ...

A heavyweight of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a Chinese vice premier now visiting Japan have discussed China's partial resumption of Japanese seafood imports and other topics.

With the ruling coalition at risk of losing its Upper House majority, the opposition Democratic Party for the People could ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...

Japan must diversify trade ties beyond the U.S. market to mitigate risks and focus on partnerships with countries favouring ...

It is decidedly outside the Trump administration’s interest to harm the LDP’s electoral prospects if it wants a greater ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal is a simple majority. Half of the 248 seats for six-year terms in the upper ...