Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men.

As part of a restructuring initiative, U.S. Forces Japan is looking into appropriating an Army compound in central Tokyo as ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

Japan faces a period of political instability after the ruling coalition failed to win a majority in parliament for the first time since 2009, setting up a race among two main blocs to form a ...

Following a new stream of political scandals, and a carousel of shortlived prime ministers, the LDP has now been defeated again in a snap election last weekend, albeit less decisively. For Japan ...

Japan is at a crossroads following a recent election that left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) without a majority, raising concerns of political instability at a crucial time for the country ...

Mōrena and welcome to your Tuesday morning round-up of business and political news from around the globe. Japan faces political uncertainty after the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic ...

Analysts also predict a short tenure for current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that this could see Japan return to ... find some way to give him political cover, to step aside ...

Japan looks to be changing governments—again. As split screens go, the one Tokyo is producing between giddy global investors and anxious households is a bad look. One now shaking the political ...