Unlike in other democracies this year, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party bucked the trend of electoral defeat but the Ishiba ...

Whether on the left or the right, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters.

Former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito secured reelection in Sunday's gubernatorial election in western Japan, held after he lost ...

Voters in Japan's western prefecture of Hyogo have re-elected a former governor after he lost his post amid power harassment and other accusations.

Former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito was reelected in Sunday’s gubernatorial election, after losing the post in September over ...

The latest NHK opinion poll shows that the approval rate for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru's Cabinet stands at 41 percent.

Motohiko Saito garnered popular support despite strong opposition from political parties and a majority of Hyogo’s city ...

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, the wife of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s brother has passed away at the age of 101. The Princess ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reportedly didn't get meeting he sought with US president-elect Donald Trump, who though met with Argentina's President Javier Milei last week. Observers said ...

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