Moody’s has rated Japan A1, the fifth-highest level, with a "stable" outlook since December 2014. In May, the agency stripped ...

The official campaign period for the House of Councillors election got underway on July 3 as the lingering issue of "money in ...

Trump announced the pause on the imposition of “reciprocal tariffs” on April 9 because of the major reaction in the bond ...

Campaigning for Japan's upper house election started Thursday, with unpopular Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to ...

Law requiring couples to share one surname hinders women in the workplace and lowers birth rate, campaigners claim ...

Faced with right-wing attacks amid a growing national profile, Japan’s Kurds could benefit from simple, pragmatic ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal is a simple majority. Half of the 248 seats for six-year terms in the upper ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s unwillingness to take responsibility and measures over the money in politics ...