A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

Nicholas Smith of CLSA discusses the upcoming Japanese upper house election, saying it will have little impact on markets. He ...

Voter backlash over inflation lifted the 'Japanese first' Sanseito, whose anti-globalist pitch echoed Donald Trump’s populist ...

The election debacle comes only months after Shigeru Ishiba's coalition was forced into a minority government in the more ...

Japan’s ruling coalition is on track to lose its majority in the upper house, according to exit polls from Sunday’s election ...

The result is the second dismal election showing for Mr Ishiba since he became premier in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese public voted on Sunday to determine the makeup of the nation's upper house, in a crucial vote for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose coalition is fighting to hold on to its ...

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Japan's ruling coalition looks set to suffer a significant loss of seats in the country's upper house election, in a vote ...

The increase in rice prices slowed marginally to a 100.2% increase year over year, down from 101.7% in May.

Japan's core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, highlighting lingering price pressures that back market expectations for further interest ...

Japan’s inflation in June gives the Bank of Japan few reasons for immediate cheer. Headline and core inflation decelerated, ...