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.

The visit underscored the crisis of Australian capitalism with its heavy economic dependence on China and its military-strategic alignment with US imperialism, which is preparing for war against ...

TOKYO, July 21. /TASS/. Muneo Suzuki, known as a supporter of the development of relations with Russia, received a deputy mandate after Sunday's elections to the upper house of parliament, in which he ...

While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba's administration will fall, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October.

Japan's upper house election on Sunday dealt a big blow to the ruling coalition and sets markets up for possible policy ...

The most impressive result was demonstrated by nationalist Party of Participation in Politics, which immediately won 14 new seats in parliament (previously it had only one) ...

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

On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Governor Michelle Bowman are due to speak at a banking conference.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba 's ruling coalition failed Monday to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in ...