Japan's rice prices have doubled in a year, straining households and fueling political tension ahead of key elections ...

This year's 150-day regular parliamentary session will end on Sunday, around a month ahead of a crucial national election for ...

Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s fourth largest economy into a rare period of political uncertainty ...

TOKYO—Japanese voters deprived the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of the absolute majority it has held for over a decade in Japan’s lower house, with an election Sunday that prolongs a period ...

Japan’s core inflation rate accelerated to 3.7 per cent in May, official data showed today, posing a threat to Prime Minister ...

Japan’s fiscal position also appears healthier following a rare burst of inflation, which has boosted tax receipts.

In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on record. The snap poll on October 27 was intended to secure the mandate ...

All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki’s rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...