The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is the voters’ top choice for dealing with the main issues in the Upper House election, ...

The fixed-income asset class is currently deeply discounted due to elevated interest rates, but the tide is expected to turn ...

There were two big losers in Sunday’s Upper House elections.The biggest loser was the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which, ...

A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism.

Long-ruling party faces crisis with populists capturing working people’s vote as traditional rural base shrinks ...

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

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is experiencing a significant drop in approval rates, reaching the lowest point since its 2012 resurgence. A poll by NHK indicates a decrease to 24% support for ...

TOKYO - Sunday's upper-house election results were brutal for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling Liberal ...

Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in memory and a possible defeat for the coalition of Prime ...

More than a quarter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s candidates in the Upper House election favor reducing the consumption tax rate, despite the party leadership’s criticism of such a move, a ...

TOKYO: Japan's central bank may face political pressure to keep interest rates low for longer than it wants, as opposition ...