After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were ...

The reality is that his position is increasingly precarious after his ruling LDP suffered a historic defeat in the Upper ...

The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate by at least 25 basis points by year-end, a majority of economists said in ...

Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down by August, given the results of the upper house ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

Trump will show no mercy to [either] a lame duck Ishiba or because of a political vacuum,” advisory firm Quantum Strategy ...

In the campaign for Japan’s recent upper house elections, Taro Yamamoto, the leader of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party released a sketch-like video in which he cosplayed as Mobile Suit Gundam character ...

On July 22, Japan's stock market experienced significant volatility due to election uncertainties. The Nikkei 225 index rose ...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. and Japan had struck a trade deal that includes a 15% tariff on U.S.

The news of Ishiba’s resignation came hours after Japan secured a trade deal with the US that cut a threatened 25-per-cent ...

The 68-year-old leader called media reports ‘completely unfounded’. Ishiba reportedly chose not to quit to avoid ‘political instability’ as the 1 August US tariff deadline is nearing.

Japan is seeking to crack down on foreign interference in national elections through the spread of false information, which has been made easier through the internet and artificial intelligence.