Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister ...

Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in the country’s upper house in the election on July 20. Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Opinion polls suggest Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party may fall short of a majority in Upper House elections.

The result is the second dismal election showing for Ishiba since he became premier last October, even though the coalition’s ...

With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

Ishiba’s removal will not resolve the crisis facing the Japanese ruling establishment as it faces demands from the Trump regime in Washington and developing anger in the working class over declining ...

The head of one of Japan’s most powerful business lobbies has accused the government of a “mistake” in its trade negotiating strategy with the US, after President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent ...

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

Relief. That was the overriding emotion in the Japanese financial markets and society at large today when, after months of ...

The Trump effect—embodied in both American policy and its global ideological footprint—has found fertile ground in Japan’s ...

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery ...