Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled for most of the post-war period, and its partner Komeito, are forecast to lose their majority in a repeat of last year's ...

Investors are bracing for a potential triple dip in Japanese bonds, stocks and the yen after Sunday’s upper house election, ...

Consumers’ inflation expectations, by some measures, are also the highest in decades. Inflation has been above the Fed’s 2% ...

Consumers' inflation expectations, by some measures, are also the highest in decades. Inflation has been above the Fed's 2% ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Thursday called for vigilance against excessive foreign exchange volatility at ...

Ahead of upper house elections, the Japanese prime minister’s inability to charm Donald Trump stands in stark contrast to his ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday, the Japanese government said, ahead of the scheduled Aug. 1 imposition of a country-specific 25 percent ...

When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a critical electoral test on Sunday that could further complicate the ...

The Japanese yen fell on Thursday amid growing political uncertainty and stalled trade negotiations with the U.S., hitting a ...

The yen slid on Thursday as concerns mounted over a pivotal election in Japan and a still elusive trade deal with the U.S. to avoid a punishing rise in tariffs. Japan's currency traded near a one-year ...