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

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

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.

In Japan’s July 20 House of Councillors election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest political party in Japan, ...