By Junko Fujita and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in ...

Bank of Japan officials see little need to shift their policy stance of gradually raising interest rates in the wake of Prime ...

A bad night for the ruling coalition could cost the prime minister his job and make it harder to strike a deal with ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently ...

Moody's has rated Japan A1, the fifth-highest level, with a "stable" outlook since December 2014. But it warned in a report ...

“It’s possible Japan might experience its own triple whammy of market turmoil, perhaps a Japanese version of the ‘Trump ...

After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were scheduled to take effect.

The reality is that his position is increasingly precarious after his ruling LDP suffered a historic defeat in the Upper ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's upcoming upper house election could have important implications for fiscal health and credit ratings if it brings large tax cuts, Moody's Ratings said. The July 20 vote is ...

While foreign nationals do not have the right to vote unless they naturalize, as residents they contribute to the economy, pay taxes and raise families in Japan. As electoral results could impact ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s major setback in the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is certain to give rise to concerns wi ...