In the wake of the upper house election results, Japanese politics is in flux. Will emerging forces encourage a draft away ...

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs officially took hold Thursday, as he barrels forward with his turbulent push to ...

Prof Yunus announced the much-anticipated election timeframe just hours after unveiling the July Declaration, which calls for constitutional and state recognition of the 2024 student-led mass uprising ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s power waned as the LDP and Komeito lost their upper house majority in Japan’s July 20 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the government is ready to compile an extra budget to ...

Ishiba’s removal will not resolve the crisis facing the Japanese ruling establishment as it faces demands from the Trump regime in Washington and developing anger in the working class over declining ...

Recent global trade deals with the United States were secured with huge, often vaguely defined investment pledges from ...

Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in ...

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

An urban explorer recently documented Kinugawa Onsen, a Japanese resort town in disrepair emblematic of economic hardship the country saw near the turn of the millennium.

Sohei Kamiya's Sanseitō Party won 14 seats in Japan's Upper House elections, appealing to young voters with a "Japanese first" platform focused on culture, birth rates and food security.

"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored a book on right-wing politics in Japan.