Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and JIP chief Hirofumi Yoshimura hope to appeal to voters by highlighting the ruling ...

The man who killed former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe thought it was his life's mission to destroy a controversial ...

Residents gathered in Tokyo on Friday to oppose misinformation and discrimination against foreigners as campaigning for the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an early election on Feb. 8 ...

Takayuki Kobayashi, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said that the election would be an opportunity for ...

Japan's opposition parties on Friday stepped up their pressure on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling coalition over ...

TOKYO - Relying on her high approval rating, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble to dissolve Japan's House of ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday denied the possibility of newly issuing deficit-covering government bonds to realize a zero consumption tax rate on food items. "If it (the tax cut) ...

Earlier, the alliance had expanded to 11 political parties, but the Islami Andolan Bangladesh later left over a seat-sharing ...

TOKYO - Opposition lawmaker Kazuhiro Haraguchi said Saturday he will launch a new party ahead of the general election next ...

Legal issues in Japan, South Korea plus schisms in North America spell trouble for once powerful Unification Church ...