TOKYO -- Japan will hold an upper house election on Sunday -- a major test for the coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, which is at risk of losing its majority in the chamber as it did in the ...

Ahead of the House of Councillors election on Sunday, rival parties are stepping up their rhetoric over the presence of ...

Japan's government has set up a new office tasked with promoting measures to build what it calls a society of orderly ...

Japanese bond yields rose as investors worried Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition could lose its upper-house majority, raising the prospect of a freer-spending government. Yields on ...

With elections coming in Japan, the threat of U.S. tariffs is forcing its prime minister to start talking tougher, and is getting people to rethink long-held assumptions about relations with the U.S.

"As Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said, the security of Europe and the Indo-Pacific region is indivisible," Akira Muto stressed ...

By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Investors in Japanese government bonds are bracing for a potential power ...

By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift ...

Japan's ruling coalition is at risk of losing its majority in the upcoming upper house election, which could lead to political instability. The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito struggle with low ...

Japan's ruling coalition will likely lose its majority in the upper house election on July 20, media polls showed on Tuesday, ...

Japan will hold an important election for the House of Councillors on July 20. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal ...