Japan's sales tax rate is set at 10%, except for food items at 8%. Ishiba has shunned opposition calls to slash the sales tax ...

An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, pushing ...

More than two-thirds of Japanese firms believe the government should compile an extra budget later this year to mitigate the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs and rising prices, a ...

Japan's ruling coalition will likely lose its majority in the upper house election on July 20, media polls showed on Tuesday, ...

The recent surveys indicate that the LDP and the smaller Komeito party’s coalition could lose popular support and the upper ...

Surveys indicate his ruling coalition could lose its Upper House majority in elections this weekend. Read more at ...

An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a “silent invasion” of immigrants, pushing the government to tackle fears about foreigners as it drags into the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is seeking to hold talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, possibly on Friday, during ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday his country needed to wean itself from U.S. dependence in such key ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pushed back against the idea there has been little progress in ...

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slid further ahead of major national elections, a poll by public ...

Japan's unpopular ruling coalition faces tough upper house elections this weekend, opinion polls suggested, potentially ending Shigeru Ishiba's premiership after less than a year. It "would likely ...