Both nations plan to engage Trump's administration and China diplomatically to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Japan is likely to miss achieving its goal of running a primary budget surplus by the next fiscal year, according to three ...

The problems facing ramen vendors - a record number of shop operators are set to go bankrupt this year - reflect a cost-of-living crunch that has become a top issue for voters in Japan’s general ...

In the last two Lower House elections, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was the top favorite among non-aligned voters, who accounted for 18 percent of all voters ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to accelerate efforts to revive regional economies and address the overconcentration of ...

What stereotypes do Japanese voters have regarding men and women politicians? Women are extremely underrepresented in Japanese politics, and one possible reason for the underrepresentation is that ...

Ishiba leads a minority government following a significant election loss in October due to voter anger over his party's financial scandals. “I hope to hold talks with President-elect Trump as early as ...

Japan's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, has struggled to bolster its presence despite its ...

The outlook for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government is likely to hinge on a small opposition party that in an ...

The election was called by the LDP’s new leader Shigeru Ishiba before he had been officially sworn in as prime minister The coalition led by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has ...

A Japanese expert on US government policy says blocking the buyout of US Steel by Nippon Steel could cause a US national ...