Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

Gov. Yuriko Koike warned against "hate speech and tendencies toward exclusion," when asked about campaign discussions ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

A senior ruling party lawmaker plans to step down from a key post in the upper house after coming under fire for describing ...

The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called the announcement of slightly higher US tariffs “truly regrettable” while he ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slid further ahead of major national elections, a poll by ...

Growing uncertainty over whether the ruling coalition can retain its majority in the Upper House has given strength to a ...

The move came after some political parties said rules on foreigners living in the country should be tightened to ‘protect the ...

What began as a fringe movement is now gaining traction, driven by voter dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s 20-year government bond auction went off without spectacle, leaving an uneasy calm ahead of elections later this month as investors look for signs of a possible increase ...

Japan’s super-long bonds extended their recent declines Tuesday, pushing the yield on 30-year securities toward a record high ...