U.S., Japanese and South Korean naval forces exercised together in East Asian waters on Thursday in their most complex and ...

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.

After Tokyo imposed anti-Russian sanctions over the situation in Ukraine, Russia halted consultations with Japan on a peace treaty ...

Former Bank of Japan policy board member Takahide Kiuchi said the domestic political situation is tilted against more rate ...

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

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 ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan kept its policy interest rate unchanged at around 0.25 percent as widely expected at the end of a two-day meeting Thursday, amid political uncertainty ...

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 ...

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 ...