For the House of Councillors election to be held on July 20, parties have put forward key campaign promises such as ...

Cutting the consumption tax rate has been a clarion call of opposition parties ahead of this month’s House of Councillors ...

As the July 20 House of Representatives election approaches, political parties in Japan have been proposing restrictions on ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan, the country's biggest government bond holder, intends to continue reducing Japanese government bonds purchases after April 2026, allowing interest rates to be ...

When Japanese Premier Shigeru Ishiba first met Donald Trump in February, his plan to placate the protectionist president's long-held frustration with Tokyo on trade was a promise to invest $1 trillion ...

US President Donald Trump said he will slightly raise across-the-board tariffs on Japan to 25% starting on Aug. 1, giving ...

Japan’s super-long bonds extended their recent declines Tuesday, pushing the yield on 30-year securities toward a record high ...

The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...

President Donald Trump has announced 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning Aug. 1. President Donald Trump ...

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slid further ahead of major national elections, a poll by public ...