Context: The EU is exploring ways to outsource parts of its asylum system to non-EU countries as a way to prevent new ...

Asian markets are mixed after U.S. stock indexes hit new records on Monday. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were little ...

More likely would be for Japan to compile an extra budget in autumn to fund payouts and tax breaks. The size could exceed ...

Moody's Ratings said on Tuesday the potential impact of a cut to Japan's consumption taxes on the country's sovereign debt ...

The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

A youthquake has upended politics in the world’s oldest society, Japan, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a lame-ish duck ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

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

U.S. stock indexes inched to more records to kick off a week full of profit updates from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and squeaked past its prior ...

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which Prime Minister Ishiba leads, secured 47 seats in parliament, short of the 50 it needs for a majority.