Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

Facing the threat of losing its official party status in the July 20 House of Councillors election, the Social Democratic ...

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.

Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime ...

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

Japanese markets were closed for a holiday, but the rise in the yen and Nikkei futures showed investors had already priced in ...

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a ...