The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's Cabinet stands at 41 percent.

Unlike in other democracies this year, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party bucked the trend of electoral defeat but the Ishiba ...

In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited Ukraine to talk with the country's authorities. The arrival of Japan's first ...

Economic malaise was the biggest factor in the devastating loss handed to Japan's ruling coalition last month.

Others have noted a more cautious approach. In early October, Adam Coons of Winthrop Capital Management told CNBC's "Street ...

Akamatsu, a member of Japan's big tent conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), became the first manga creator to win a ...

Conservatives urge Ishiba to wait until his domestic political position stabilises, while others say avoiding Trump could ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was reelected by parliament following a major loss in the polls last month by his ...

The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen ($87 billion) to fund a stimulus package to help low-income households and offset rising ...