Japanese politics is different in many ways, but in one, it’s having what appears to be an analogous moment: “Honestly ...

A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he had decided to quit after a source and media reports ...

The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his ...

Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in ...

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

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

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...