Japan is "heading for a time of political instability," Shimada Yukiko said on Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The first ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to make policy deals short of expanding its ruling coalition after the ruling ...

In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to ...

Roughly 86% of economists polled by Reuters expect the central bank to leave its rates unchanged when it announces its ...

Gambling in a bid for a stronger mandate, Japan’s new prime minister called a general election a year before he needed to, ...

"The LDP suffered a crushing defeat," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute, who sees a ...

Analysts are divided on whether Shigeru Ishiba may still be prime minister and the LDP leader ahead of the upper house ...

Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, was facing a major electoral setback on Sunday as projections indicated his ...

Ishiba's decision to call an election was to 'start afresh as a fair, just and sincere party' but his rhetoric for reform was ...

TOKYO – Two small opposition parties are in the position to make or break Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government ...

Preliminary results show the LDP-Komeito coalition will fall short of the 233 seats needed for a majority in the Lower House.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has promised to stay in office despite his gamble on snap elections having backfired.