The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

World markets are mixed after U.S. stock indexes hit new records. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were little changed.

TOKYO--Investors took the outcome of Japan's parliamentary election in stride, with markets already pricing in another electoral defeat for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration.

Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes inched to more records at the start of a week of profit updates from big U.S. companies. Japan’s benchmark surged and ...

The bruising electoral defeat suffered by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has plunged the country into a state of political uncertainty, creating a significant new dilemma ...

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Tuesday, despite overnight gains on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, driven by optimism over ...

Asian share markets drifted lower after scaling a near four-year peak on Tuesday ahead of a slate of corporate earnings, ...

The U.S. dollar traded in a tight range on Tuesday after a brief fall at the start of the week, as investors watched out for ...

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

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower houses of parliament; last October, the LDP lost ...