The results of the election in Japan’s House of Councillors highlight a key trend: An era of political fragmentation in ...

Takeharu Yamanaka, an independent who had the backing of three parties, pledged to enhance child-rearing support for ...

“Kamiya sort of positions himself as a mini-Trump,” Kingston, the Asian studies professor, tells TIME. “He’s appealing to the ...

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

Following the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election, calls for Prime Minister ...

The touted trade agreement between the US and Japan is swiftly unraveling amid growing disputes over its terms and conditions ...

Japan’s bond market is bracing for one of its most volatile weeks this year as a mix of political trouble, central bank ...

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

But recent developments indicate perhaps a return to the racist side of Japan that saw the wholesale slaughter Christians centuries ago and the stampede through Nanjing killing Chinese, seeing them as ...

Sohei Kamiya's Sanseitō Party won 14 seats in Japan's Upper House elections, appealing to young voters with a "Japanese first ...

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