Japan's sales tax rate is set at 10%, except for food items at 8%. Ishiba has shunned opposition calls to slash the sales tax ...

An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, pushing ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Fitch Ratings sees fiscal policy as the main risk to Japan's credit rating, its Japan sovereign analyst said ...

The right-wing party is riding a wave of support for its inflammatory platform opposing globalism, immigration. Read more at ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

Many younger voters, especially in the capital, are drawn to the party's idea that the working generation must be supported ...

The political crisis in Japan is being compounded by Trump’s tariffs and demands that the government commit to a US-led war ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party may lose its majority in the upper house, impacting fiscal policy and increasing pressure to boost spending and cut taxes. Political instability could affect ...

The yen weakened against most G-10 and Asian currencies ahead of Japan’s Upper House elections on July 20.

Ahead of elections, Japan's upstart Sanseito party is gaining traction by campaigning against immigration, pushing the ...

Japan sank into a trade deficit of 2.2 trillion yen ($15 billion) for the first six month of this year, according to ...