Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

Is the contest in the world today between democracies and authoritarian societies an updated version of the contest between ...

Automakers face no fines for failures to meet fuel efficiency rules dating back to the 2022 model year under a law signed by President Donald Trump this month, U.S. regulators said. The tax and budget ...

Amid rising global instability, London and Tokyo are forging a deeper partnership to defend the remnants of the rules-based ...

The city of Hiroshima, with its major employer Mazda, faces economic challenges due to U.S. tariffs on automobile imports.

TOKYO--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a critical electoral test on Sunday that could further complicate the country's political landscape and economic recovery.

India's Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will become the launch site for Japan's next-generation E10 Shinkansen bullet trains. The Indian Ministry of Railways announced on Monday that the E10 ...

Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to ...

Fears of a recession are mounting in the world's fourth-largest economy, after export to the US declined for the second month ...

Japan's trade surplus significantly narrowed to JPY 153.1 billion in June 2025, a substantial drop from JPY 221.3 billion a year prior and well under the forecasted JPY 353.9 billion. Exports fell for ...

Japan's yen weakened amid concerns over a pivotal election and ongoing trade tensions with the U.S. Prime Minister Ishiba's ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which could heighten calls for the government to boost spending and cut tax. Here i ...