By Kaori Kaneko JOETSU, Japan (Reuters) -For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain ...

Instead of adopting short-term populist responses to the cost of living, Japan needs a mature and sensible approach to fiscal ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba yesterday said he would not “easily compromise” in talks with Washington, as Tokyo ...

Upper House election approaches, the LDP leans on crisis rhetoric while the opposition fails to offer a credible plan to fund ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pushed back against the idea there has been little progress in negotiations with the ...

TOKYO – Concerns about trade talks possibly stalling is spreading within the Japanese government following U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment on Tuesday that cast doubt on reaching an agreement on ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stated on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump may have misconceptions about trade issues as a pause on a 24% reciprocal tariff on Japanese imports is set ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's views on some tariff-related issues may ...

Campaigning for Japan's upper house election started Thursday, with unpopular Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to ...

Only 41 percent of American adults reported being “extremely” proud to be an American, and only 17 percent were “very” proud, ...

Japan views tariffs on automobiles, one of the most important industries in the country, as a sticking point. Unlike most of ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin today met with the Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba. Mr. Martin is on a four day visit to ...