U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...

The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

Japanese voters are participating in a crucial upper house election that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Listen to this article Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s position is becoming more precarious, primarily due to a prominent political funding scandal within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan – A 19-year-old Japanese college student joined others casting a historic first ballot at a polling station earlier this week. Then he wondered if he had spent enough time ...

Political parties in Japan have long faced criticism for fielding celebrity candidates in House of Councillors elections, ...

Extremely low voter turnout is a major issue in Japan. For example, voter turnout for Japan's recent Lower House election held on December 17, 2014 — in which voters had a say about who the prime ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's support among young voters is decreasing, putting his tenure at risk despite efforts to appeal to this demographic with promises of unprecedented efforts to ...