According to a senior official of the ruling LDP, Yosuke Tsuruho is poised to step down as chairman of the Budget Committee ...

When politicians continue to stoke public alarm toward foreigners, they risk spreading xenophobic sentiment throughout ...

The assemblies of four municipalities on the Noto Peninsula have demanded that ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho step down ...

It has been less than a year since the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito fell to a minority government in the House ...

With public frustration mounting over Japan's prolonged economic malaise, a rising tide of support for minor political ...

Suntory’s CEO slammed the prime minister for playing hardball on US tariffs ahead of July's election. But equal levies on ...

A heavyweight of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a Chinese vice premier now visiting Japan have discussed China's partial resumption of Japanese seafood imports and other topics.

Donald Trump's insistence that "spoiled" Japan imports more US rice is adding to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's problems ...

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

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

Only 7 percent of candidates backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Upper House election support legal ...

A senior ruling party lawmaker on Wednesday faced a chorus of criticism for suggesting an earthquake that struck the Noto P ...