Japan's ruling coalition is certain to lose control of the upper house in Sunday's (July 20) election, public broadcaster NHK reported, an outcome that further weakens Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ...

NHK World's political correspondant Kikuyama Kengo says the ruling coalition's failure to secure a majority in the Upper House puts Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru in a difficult position, as key trade ...

While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba's administration will fall, it heaps political pressure on the embattled leader who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in ...