Fears of a ‘far-right’ government have sparked an unlikely online campaign, even among political opponents, urging Shigeru ...

The prospect of someone as premier with hawkish views on Japanese history and China has fuelled online calls for the moderate ...

Younger members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have effectively demanded that Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and ...

A delegation from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and representatives from the country's commercial ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation has become unavoidable. The ruling coalition has now suffered crushing defeats in ...

Sanseito's emergence has caught Japan's community of foreign residents by surprise, with the party's anti-foreigner rhetoric causing concern among many Japanese and non-Japanese alike.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently clinched trade deal ...

Like Ishiba’s political future, Japan's parliamentary politics is also facing uncertainty, particularly its Cabinet system.

The election results were a clear repudiation of the ruling coalition. The LDP won 39 seats, a loss of 13 from the previous ...

Calls are growing in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party to convene an official decision-making meeting on Prime Minister ...

Please log in to Nikkei Asia and stay up to date with the latest developments. 1. Sunday's upper house election in Japan marked a historic turning point, with the long-dominant Liberal Democratic ...

The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...