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The LDP will allow these members to be listed on the party’s proportional representation lists while running for constituency ...

Japan's new opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, unveiled Monday its policy principles ahead of a likely February ...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a press conference at 6 p.m. on Monday, her office said, likely to explain ...

Record immigration and the ‘Trump factor’ fuelled a xenophobic election surge, but analysts say another political target is ...

TOKYO] A possible cut to the tax on food purchases in Japan has emerged as a focal point ahead of a snap election expected to ...

Japans expected snap general election is intensifying debate over a possible cut to the consumption tax, as both ruling and ...

Japan's expected snap general election is increasingly likely to lead to a cut in the consumption tax rate, as ruling and opposition party executives on Sunday stressed the need to do so to cushion ...

TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will pledge to consider suspending the consumption tax on food in its ...

Takaichi could seek to capitalize on her popularity by dissolving the lower house and calling an early election. However, ...

The justices will ​hear ‌a case filed by policymaker Lisa Cook in ‍response to Trump’s attempt to remove her ⁠from the Fed’s ...

The new deal will support the implementation of the two nations’ Reciprocal Access Agreement, which came into force in ...