Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba signaled he intends to stay in office despite a growing number of calls within the ruling party for him to step down after an election setback last week.

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya ...

When President Donald Trump revealed that his administration had struck a "massive" trade and investment deal with Japan, he described it as "completed"—but it must still pass the Japanese parliament, ...

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

Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory ...

Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that ...

U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on thin ice. AFP looks at the reasons and at who might instead helm his moribund ...

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

The LDP is divided on PM Ishiba's future and, despite his denials, he may resign by August after key political events.

Despite the trade deal with the United States slashing the tariff rate for Japan to 15 percent, the so-called reciprocal ...