Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is ...

Japan's upper house election on Sunday could shake up politics, with rising prices and a populist party gaining ground.

Migration, tariffs and other economic issues dominating Japan's upper house election. Read more ...

As Japan prepares to vote for the House of Councilors, right-wing politicians are challenging PM Shigeru Ishiba over ...

Japanese voters could unleash political turmoil as they head to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper house ...

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...

Japan's tightly contested upper house election poses a threat to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's leadership, with rising ...

Tomorrow, a key election takes in the G7 economy, Japan. The focus is on whether the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito, which together suffered ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

T HE IMAGE Tamaki Yuichiro wants to convey is of upward mobility. His campaign poster shows him grinning against a vivid ...

Sanseito, an ultraconservative minor party which is gaining in popularity, has led calls for tougher regulations of foreigners and has campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform that calls for limiting ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...