Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a snap election on February 8, counting on her ...

She hopes for a boost to the razor-thin majority she currently holds in the lower house Read more at The Business Times.

Shunichi Suzuki, secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has said that his party will question the newly formed Centrist Reform Alliance's ability to govern during the campaign ...

TOKYO - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will pledge to consider suspending the consumption tax on food in its ...

Suzuki emphasized that securing sales channels overseas will make it easier for Japanese farmers to produce rice stably.

Sanae Takaichi came to power promising to tame inflation. But she’s boosting the crop’s cost to appease a subsidy-fuelled ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering including a proposal to temporarily cut the consumption tax on food to zero percent, from the current 8 percent, in her ruling party's campaign ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's surprise announcement to dissolve the House of Representatives on Friday has sparked ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 21 endorsed 284 candidates for the Feb. 8 Lower House election, including 37 members who were implicated in a political funding scandal.

Japans expected snap general election is intensifying debate over a possible cut to the consumption tax, as both ruling and ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Japan's expected snap general election is increasingly likely to lead to a cut in the consumption tax rate, as ruling and opposition party executives on ...

Japan shut down 54 reactors after the Fukushima meltdown, but momentum has gathered under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to ...