Suntory’s CEO slammed the prime minister for playing hardball on US tariffs ahead of July's election. But equal levies on ...

Donald Trump's insistence that "spoiled" Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's problems ...

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

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

When politicians continue to stoke public alarm toward foreigners, they risk spreading xenophobic sentiment throughout ...

The assemblies of four municipalities on the Noto Peninsula have demanded that ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho step down ...

With public frustration mounting over Japan's prolonged economic malaise, a rising tide of support for minor political ...

Only 7 percent of candidates backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Upper House election support legal ...

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

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

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.

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