This shift was compounded in October 2025 when Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi — a long-time conservative contender — secured ...

A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains in the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. Japan’s relatively new ...

As an election to Japan’s House of Councillors – the upper house of the Diet – nears, political campaign season is underway. In Tokyo, candidates, donning a white sash and gloves, wait outside train ...

Sanae Takaichi's victory in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election marks a win for the conservative-nationalist wing, but underscores the party’s weakness and loss of public ...

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo The surging ...

Japan faces political instability, economic stagnation, and demographic headwinds, making broad investments like iShares MSCI Japan ETF unattractive despite recent market declines. The Liberal ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on views of elected officials and political reform in 25 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and ...