Parliament will be dissolved on January 23rd and the election will be held on February 8th. That makes it the shortest ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently announced in a news conference that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at ...

Residents gathered in Tokyo on Friday to oppose misinformation and discrimination against foreigners as campaigning for the Feb 8 general election effectively got under way. Policies targeting ...

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

I will put my job as prime minister on the line with these election results,” Takaichi said on Monday when she announced her plans to hold the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a press conference to announce the dissolution of the House of Representatives ...

Ms Takaichi supports a revival of Abenomics, named after her late predecessor Shinzo Abe, a programme of heavy government ...

Number of high-spending Chinese tourists visiting Japan halved last month after PM said an invasion of Taiwan could spark Japanese military involvement ...

Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose as investors looked ahead to the Bank of Japan's decision.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks set to campaign on a temporary cut to the sales tax on food in a snap election ...

The Japanese government has imposed a total ban on political fundraisers by ministers, its top spokesperson said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gears up for a snap House of Representatives ...

Japan’s major travel agency JTB released a forecast on January 8, projecting that inbound visitors in 2026 will reach 41.4 ...