TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in memory and a possible defeat for the coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, investors are weighing whether a ...

Right-wing populists, viral social media posts, and deep-seated economic anxieties have amplified the belief that foreigners ...

Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the Upper House. Speaking to media on Sunday, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru ...

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

In the wake of the upper house election results, Japanese politics is in flux. Will emerging forces encourage a draft away ...

The Japanese government is considering stepping up measures to stop other countries interfering in elections through false ...

The results of the election in Japan’s House of Councillors highlight a key trend: An era of political fragmentation in ...

Experts associate the rise of the ultra-nationalist Sanseito party with a crisis of confidence after decades of economic ...

In last month's Upper House election, foreign actors were suspected to be behind the spread of disinformation on social media ...

Premier says he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with US, but analysts say he faces political headwinds.

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.