There is no doubt that Abe and Trump had a genuine friendship. However, what is often overlooked was how hard Abe worked to ...

Japan grapples with labor shortage due to low birth rates and an aging population, prompting recent governments to bring in ...

Observers contrasted Shigeru Ishiba with the late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who formed close ties with ...

Donald Trump was declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election on November 6, sealing a historic and improbable ...

Donald Trump was declared the winner of the US presidential election on November 6, sealing a historic and improbable return ...

Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency will present a challenge for Japan, which depends on its alliance with the ...

Though the government denies having a formal immigration policy, the number of foreign workers increased during Abe’s second term from 2012 to 2020. Post-Abe governments continue using Abe’s ...

Japan’s noted writer and Conservative Party leader Naoki Hyakuta has apologised after his comments on women and the falling ...

He will now navigate hostilities within his party, economic woes and a period of flux in international relations.