TOKYO (AP) — Japan's agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a ...

Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9%, slower than the earlier report for 3.1% growth, in the April-June period, boosted by better wages and spending, revised government data showed Monday.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’ s ruling coalition lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, a punishment by voters' outrage ...

Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, center, attends an election campaign event in support of his party's candidates on the eve of the July 20 Upper House ...

“With the L.D.P. in decline, Japan’s political landscape is diversifying,” said Romeo Marcantuoni, a Ph.D. candidate at Waseda University in Tokyo who has written about Sanseito.

But Japan’s economy contracted 0.2% in the first quarter even before the main tariffs were imposed. The second quarter was hit by a triple whammy of tariffs, domestic inflation and sudden spikes ...

Japan’s political landscape could be on the brink of major upheaval after exit polls showed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition likely lost its majority in the country’s upper ...

Japan’s Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, center, attends an election campaign event in support of his party’s candidates on the eve of the July 20 Upper ...