A 50% increase in average pay and a ¥1 quadrillion ($6.9 trillion) economy will be the top campaign pledges for this summer’s ...

Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as gifts. The resignation comes as ...

Fourteen years since one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, Japan is getting creative in the effort to convince ...

South Korea's newly-elected President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed during a telephone call ...

Japan’s farm minister has stepped down after ... s weak response to rising food inflation. “Just now I submitted my resignation to prime minister Ishiba,” Mr Eto told reporters at the ...

secretary-general of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose poor poll ratings are due in part to high food prices, chastised the ...

Although largely paused, President Trump's tariffs present a major threat to Japan's already flagging economy.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced ... A major loss could mean a new government or could mean Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba would have to step down. “I made an extremely ...