JGBs consolidated in the early Tokyo session ahead of the Japanese Finance Ministry’s auction of about 2.6 trillion yen of two-year sovereign notes.

Asian shares are mostly lower as some of the euphoria fizzles out over a tariff deal with Japan as proposed recently by ...

Japan's long-dated government bond (JGB) yields remain near record peaks after the ruling coalition lost its majority in upper house elections. Opposition parties advocating debt-funded tax cuts have ...

The current political crisis is the result of a July 20 election in Japan’s upper house, the less-powerful chamber in ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

The populist surge on the right is a familiar electoral feature across the West. Gains by the far right in Japan show its ...

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

In Japan’s July 20 House of Councillors election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest political party in Japan, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep ...

For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house. But on Sunday, Sanseito ...

In Japan's recent parliamentary election, the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to secure a ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...