Japan will hold an upper house election on July 20, the government said Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba battling ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police on June 20 sent documents on Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the ...

Campaigning for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election officially started on June 13, with roughly 300 candidates -- the largest since the Heisei er･･･ ...

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With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. July 5, 2024 at 12:15 JST ...

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's parliament on Wednesday enacted legislation to set new rules designed to prevent candidates from using inappropriate tactics, such as presenting images of scantily clad women, on election ...

Violent threats increased by a staggering 59% from November to December 2024,” Stop AAPI Hate’s the report said. The use of online anti-Asian slurs jumped 66% after the November election, the ...

Japan’s births mark record low in 2024, plummet below 700,000 Putin offers warm welcome to teary Akie Abe in Moscow Long lines for cheap stockpiled rice sold directly to retail firms ...

Japan and India’s bilateral partnership is growing and demonstrating a variety of cooperative efforts. 2024 also saw the re-election of Modi as India’s prime minister for a third term and the ...

A number of identical posters unrelated to candidates are seen on a Tokyo gubernatorial election bulletin board in the capital's Shinjuku Ward on June 20, 2024. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama) TOKYO ...

Roughly three-quarters of voters (74%) say the 2024 campaign was too negative, similar to the share of registered voters who said this in an October preelection survey. More than six-in-ten voters (64 ...