In Sunday's House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling bloc were harshly chastised by voters for the third time in the past year.

The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

While foreign nationals do not have the right to vote unless they naturalize, as residents they contribute to the economy, pay taxes and raise families in Japan. As electoral results could impact ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s major setback in the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is certain to give rise to concerns wi ...

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Russia, China, and South Korea are trying to predict what the rise of Japan’s far right will mean for their interests.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-U.S. tariff ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

By Junko Fujita and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's upcoming upper house election could have important implications for fiscal health and credit ratings if it brings large tax cuts, Moody's Ratings said. The July 20 vote is ...

Japan July 20 election results could impact fiscal health, ratings, Moody's says By Tomo Uetake July 4, 202512:34 AM PDTUpdated July 4, 2025 ...

Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime ...