Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling a snap election Sunday, counting on her unusual popularity among fans who ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country’s economy and military ...

The outcome of this Sunday’s election will have significant consequences for Japan’s national security policy.

In scenes normally reserved for J-Pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest ...

Hikaru Fujita, who’s running in Sunday’s parliamentary election, is a standout in a country where expectant mothers rarely ...

The poll showed that the LDP-led coalition was likely to secure more than 300 of the 465 seats in the Lower House.

Gross domestic ‍product (GDP) in real terms likely ​expanded an annualised 1.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the ...

What results from Japan’s recent elections can tell us and how economic changes since then could impact voter support.

A landslide win for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at Sunday's election may be the best outcome for bonds and ...

Japan must avoid ramping up fiscal spending in a way that fuels inflation and forces the central bank to raise interest rates ...

“Hello, I’ve never met you before, so it really is a pleasure. I hope the feeling is mutual.” So begins my grandmother’s ...

On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the Diet and called for a Lower House election on February 8.