Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election yesterday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faced a major defeat in a key election for the smaller of Japan’s two-chamber parliament, said Monday he will stay on to tackle challenges such ...

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.” ...

Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba vowed to stay on after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising defeat in upper house elections on Sunday as some of his own party discussed his future and the ...

Asian shares are mixed and U.S. futures have edged higher after U.S. stocks logged their third straight winning week.