Measures against high prices and economic policy were regarded as the most important issues by 46% of voters who answered an ...

Potential challengers include Sanae Takaichi, who came second to Ishiba in last year’s LDP leadership race; Takayuki Kobayashi, a former minister for economic security; and Shinjiro Koizumi, son of ...

Asian countries are offering to buy more US liquefied natural gas in negotiations with the Trump administration as a way to ...

12:20 a.m. The LDP failed to win a single seat in the Osaka district, where four seats were up for election, marking the first time the ruling party failed to capture a seat there in 27 years. The ...

The Japanese government said it is responding to "crimes and nuisances committed by some foreigners and inappropriate use of ...

It has become certain that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, ...

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also ...