The electoral success reflects a slow shift in attitudes, supported by non-binding legislation that encourages political parties to increase female representation in their ranks.

Japan's House of Councilors in Tokyo. STR/Getty Images A Japanese YouTuber is likely to be expelled from the country's senate after not showing up to work. Yoshikazu Higashitani, better known as ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power even as he vowed to remain ...

Japan’s legislature may soon expel its first member in over 70 years for not going to work in seven months. Japanese voters elected GaaSyy, a YouTuber whose real name is Yoshikazu Higashitani ...