On July 19, the civic group Anti-Japan Action ended its long-running sit-in next to the Statue of Peace in front of Japan's former embassy in Jongno District, central Seoul. They stated that they ...

TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power even as he vowed to ...

Japan’s population of foreign residents has jumped from 2.23 million to 3.77 million over the past decade, though that still only accounts for 3% of the total population of more than 120 million ...

Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party suffered a defeat in parliamentary elections on Sunday that saw new right-wing populist groups make gains, heralding what could be a tectonic ...

Shigeru Ishiba denied he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to take responsibility for a bruising upper house election defeat.

Japan is a major car exporter and 25% levies on auto imports into the U.S.—separate from what President Trump calls reciprocal tariffs—have been a key sticking point in trade negotiations ...