Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election yesterday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house ...

Asian shares are mixed and U.S. futures have edged higher after U.S. stocks logged their third straight winning week.

Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of Liberal Democratic Party, says he will continue as prime minister ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa will visit Washington from Monday for an eighth round of trade talks, with the deadline for U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition failed to secure a majority in the upper house elections, winning only 47 ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito lost control of the Upper House in ...

The loss is another blow to Ishiba's coalition, making it a minority in both houses following its October defeat in the lower ...

Voters angry at inflation turned to other parties, notably the "Japanese first" Sanseito, which made strong gains with its ...

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba's administration will fall, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition failed Monday to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a ...