By Junko Fujita and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in ...

Japanese voters participated in a closely contested upper house election that could create political upheaval. Prime Minister ...

Political uncertainty grips Japan ahead of election Japan's Upper House election on 20 July represents a pivotal moment for ...

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

Millions of Japanese citizens are voting Sunday in a pivotal election for the House of Councilors, the upper chamber of ...

Japan’s ruling coalition looked set to lose its majority in the upper house, according to exit polls, an outcome that would further weaken embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s leadership and ...

Purchasing managers’ surveys in the U.S. and a number of other countries will be watched closely. A decision by the European ...

The dollar rebounded broadly on Thursday following a turbulent session on Wednesday when U.S. President Donald Trump denied ...

The political crisis in Japan is being compounded by Trump’s tariffs and demands that the government commit to a US-led war ...

In Brief. In Japan’s forthcoming quadrennial unified local elections there will be 1000 separate elections. More than 230 political heads, such as prefectural governors and city and town mayors, will ...

Yen Falls, Japan’s Stocks Rise as Traders Weigh Election Impact Japan’s currency extends losses to about 1% against dollar Equities have struggled after setting record highs in July ...

When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these ...