Political reform chiefs from the parties concluded that it would be difficult to enact legislation on the review before the ...

A new survey shows that it is still hard for women in Japan to take part in politics. Many women feel worried about their ...

As the House of Councillors election approaches this summer, the debate over a consumption tax cut is intensifying among the ...

The Liberal Democratic Party is the most popular party in the upcoming Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, according to a ...

SANJO, Japan - All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row ...

Gross domestic product shrank at an annualised pace of 0.2% in the three months through March, according to the Cabinet ...

TOKYO] Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, a revised estimate confirmed on Monday (Jun 9), weakness that ...

Japan's Nikkei reached a four-month high, mirroring Wall Street's gains amid easing Middle East tensions. Bank shares ...

Japan has previously been well-known for its political stability. How should investors react to these unexpected political developments? History has shown that positioning portfolios around who you ...

Tobias Harris is the founder of Japan Foresight LLC. He is the author of "The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan." Japan's Golden Week holidays have afforded Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ...