Rising inflation and Trump's trade war have raised concerns about how ordinary Japanese will weather the storm Japan is under ...

Those efforts to control rising prices, in a land emerging from decades of deflation, could tip an election where opinion polls show the LDP - which has ruled Japan for almost all of the post-war ...

A prominent Japanese economist says the wide-ranging tariffs and other trade measures announced by US President Donald Trump ...

The Expo 2025 has opened in Osaka with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of ...

The Japanese government plans to keep a close eye on political developments in South Korea ahead of a leadership election set ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — While Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country’s efforts to prevent votes falling into chaos are starting to ...

Japan will extend the ban on all exports to and imports from North Korea for two more years, as part of Tokyo's sanctions ...

Rice prices and inflation are putting pressure on Ishiba’s minority government.

Japan's House of Councillors approves legislation to set new rules designed to prevent candidates from using inappropriate tactics on election posters, in Tokyo on March 26, 2025. (Kyodo ...