The prime minister’s public support level rose by 2.4 percentage points to 24.6 per cent in a Kyodo News poll in late July from a month earlier, while a Jiji …
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down as ruling party leader in September, media reported on Wednesday, ending a three-year term marked by rising prices and marred by political …
While there is considerable public cynicism against the opposition after the brief and unspectacular Democratic Party of Japan government that ruled between September 2009 and December 2012, the public is …
Trump is all but certain to be the Republican nominee in the November election versus US President Joe Biden, the Democratic Party standard-bearer. Trump is already telegraphing that a Trump …
The data depicts weakness in consumption, capital expenditure, public investment and home sales. The downshift in China, Japan’s top trading partner, does not augur well for exports going forward. All …
Japan is “paying attention” to remarks by the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un suggesting a visit to Pyongyang by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida could be possible, the …
The support rate for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet fell 2.8 percentage points to 24.5 per cent, marking its second-lowest rating, a Kyodo News survey showed on Sunday, with …
For many years, Asia has seen the dawn break at the start of a new year on a land of relative peace and prosperity. This year, however, the morning sky …
Local reports claim the group amassed some 500 million yen in a secret slush fund, and virtually every member has been implicated, with some political pundits suggesting it could even …
The 99-member Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai faction, the largest in parliament, which former prime minister Shinzo Abe had led, along with the 40-member faction led by former LDP secretary general Toshihiro …