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

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election.

Official campaigning for Japan's House of Councilors, or upper house of the Diet, kicked off on Thursday and is seen as a ...

The following is a chronology of major events leading up to the official start of campaigning for Japan's House of ...

Peace and stability in the Middle East are extremely important to Japan and to the world. Since the beginning of the recent ...

Japan’s tax revenues hit a record of around ¥75.2 trillion ($524 billion) in the fiscal year ended March, surpassing ...

President Trump says Japan, which he characterized as “spoiled,” will likely not make a deal with the United States on a ...

On July 1, commencing at 2:30p.m., for approximately 30 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, held a summit ...

July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan was safely evacuated on Saturday from a site where he had been scheduled to give a speech and shortly before an explosion was heard, according to the police.

Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he arrives at the prime minister’s office for a cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020.

President Trump is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he arrives to play golf at Mobara Country Club, May 26, 2019 in Chiba, Japan. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool/Getty ...