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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is seeking to hold talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, possibly on Friday, during ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday launched a new office within the Cabinet Secretariat tasked with reviewing and ...

Japan's unpopular ruling coalition faces tough upper house elections this weekend, opinion polls suggested, potentially ending Shigeru Ishiba's premiership after less than a year. It "would likely ...

Equity market strength was mostly in tech, after AI darling and chipmaker Nvidia said overnight it plans to resume sales of ...

TOKYO -- Japan will hold an upper house election on Sunday -- a major test for the coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, which is at risk of losing its majority in the chamber as it did in the ...

Japan has long sought to maintain a homogeneous population through strict immigration laws, but has gradually eased them to supplement its shrinking and ageing labour force. The number of foreign ...

Japan has reiterated its sovereignty claim over Korea’s Dokdo islets — referred to as “Takeshima” by Tokyo — for the 21st ...

Japan's government has set up a new office tasked with promoting measures to build what it calls a society of orderly ...

THE country set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens' concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners ...

The LDP’s grudging embrace of TikTok highlights a striking change: Japanese politics is moving into a messy new era.

Japan’s long-term government debt yield touched the highest level since 2008, as a raft of election tax-cut pledges puts ...