Prime Minister Takaichi’s plans to tighten spying and secrecy rules could be used to stifle free speech and media freedom, ...

A bill submitted by Japan's ruling bloc to slash House of Representatives seats by 10 percent is unlikely to be enacted ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed Friday to continue discussions on raising the minimum taxable annual income level from the current 1.6 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump also visited Japan for the first time in six years, touting a "new golden age" of the alliance, ...

Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai) leader Hirofumi Yoshimura on Thursday sounded negative about ending his party's coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party even if a bill regarding ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is easily the most successful political party in the developed capitalist world. While ...

Tokyo's Truss-Moment Flirtation Augurs Poorly For Takaichi's 2026. TOKYO – As Japan staggers out of 2025, its financial ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Families of victims of "karoshi," or death from overwork, on Thursday protested the recent selection of ...

China–Japan tensions have intensified after Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan triggered diplomatic, economic and military ...

I will work, work, work, work and work,” she said, after being chosen as ruling party's leader. Read more at straitstimes.com ...