Japan’s leadership coalition, under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, has suffered a significant political defeat, losing its ...

A record 42 women were elected in Sunday’s House of Councillors election, beating the previous record of 35 in the 2022 upper ...

The country posing the greatest strategic threat to the United States is China. The Asian country most able to help the US ...

Richard Farmer picked up the drugs in a black wheeled carry-on which had been flown into the UK from Belgium on a light ...

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...

The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost ...

This is the first time since the party was founded that an LDP-led government has lost its majority in both houses of the Diet.

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious ...

The beneficiaries, the populist Democratic Party for the People and Sanseito, both won more than a dozen seats in Sunday’s ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

The Japanese House of Councillors election took place, and some manga creators expressed concerns about language used.

The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and ...