TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's upcoming upper house election is set for July 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided not to extend the current parliamentary session, the Asahi newspaper reported on ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he had instructed ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) executives to ...

On the sidelines of the G-7 summit, Ishiba is expected to hold bilateral talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. After ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that Japan should aim to boost its economy to 1,000 trillion yen ($7 trillion) in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is unlikely to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election unless a ...

The past three years were a unique period in the relationship between the two nations. Will Lee’s presidency mark a return to ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is believed to be concerned that it could lead to other compensation-related issues.

Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), on June 9 began arranging to ...

In its campaign pledge for July's upper house election, the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) called ...

A double election could result in more political stability if either bloc manages to capture both chambers, or continued ...

Japan's main opposition party is leaning toward not submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet and triggering double Diet elections, party sources said Wednesday ...