The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's Cabinet stands at 41 percent.

Unlike in other democracies this year, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party bucked the trend of electoral defeat but the Ishiba ...

The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan almost without a break since 1955, put up the second-worst result in its ...

Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they've been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been called the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to strengthen communication at all levels during their ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited Ukraine to talk with the country's authorities. The arrival of Japan's first ...

Economic malaise was the biggest factor in the devastating loss handed to Japan's ruling coalition last month.

Others have noted a more cautious approach. In early October, Adam Coons of Winthrop Capital Management told CNBC's "Street ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was reelected by parliament following a major loss in the polls last month by his ...

The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen ($87 billion) to fund a stimulus package to help low-income households and offset rising ...