As Japan prepares to vote for the House of Councilors, right-wing politicians are challenging PM Shigeru Ishiba over ...

Voting ends at 7pm Singapore time, when media are expected to project results based on exit polls. Read more at ...

Migration, tariffs and other economic issues dominating Japan's upper house election. Read more ...

Japan's tightly contested upper house election poses a threat to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's leadership, with rising ...

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

But a new source of worry has cropped up in Japan, where an upper house election on Sunday threatens the majority of Prime ...

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 ahead of an upper house election.

Japans core inflation eased in June due to temporary utility subsidies, yet remained above the Bank of Japans (BOJ) 2% ...

Opinion polls suggest Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito may fall short of the 50 seats needed ...