Liberal Democratic Party loses control of the Upper House in Japan as right-wing parties gain ground with younger voters amid ...

Right-wing populist political party Sanseito campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform and significantly increased its ...

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba dismisses reports that he will step down next month - The 68-year old leader said media reports ...

Japan’s market is rallying, but bond markets are flashing warnings. With rising yields, political uncertainty, and fading ...

By Tim Kelly, Satoshi Sugiyama and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied on Wednesday ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its majority in the upper house election over the weekend, local media reported.

The deal would result in Japan investing $550bn (£407bn) into the US and paying a 15% reciprocal tariff, Trump said.

Earlier, the Mainichi newspaper reported that Ishiba had informed his associates of plans to announce his resignation by the end of August. Kyodo News, citing senior LDP officials, described his ...

Calls for Ishiba to resign are reportedly coming from within the LDP, the government, and regional party branches ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat, a source told Reuters, as the embattled premier announced a long-sought trade deal with US ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...