The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and ...

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

The success of new political parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite highlights the ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Populist parties of the right made major gains, most notably, Sanseito, a new party pushing Maga-like anti-immigrant and tax ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and his Liberal Democratic Party were projected to lose their majority coalition government in ...

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

Japan's upper house election on Sunday dealt a big blow to the ruling coalition and sets markets up for possible policy ...

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

Japan’s ruling party faces major setbacks as Trump’s tariff deadline approaches, threatening the economy and trade relations.

This chart shows the seat distribution in the Japanese upper house after and previous to the 2025 election.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high ...