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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2025. — Reuters Japan’s PM Ishiba remains in ...

Japan’s upper house election on Sunday dealt a big blow to the ruling coalition and sets markets up for possible policy ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito failed to win enough seats to dominate the Japanese ...

On Monday, the Japanese yen remained firm after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition suffered a historic defeat in upper house elections. This raised fears of possible political ...

Japan is in political flux after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition lost its upper house majority for the first ...

The Japanese Yen (JPY) is strong, up 0.6% against the US Dollar (USD) and outperforming all of the G10 currencies as market ...

Perplexity AI scores 360-million-customer win in India; Australian billionaire’s political party suffers data breach, won’t ...

Potential challengers include Sanae Takaichi, who came second to Ishiba in last year’s LDP leadership race; Takayuki Kobayashi, a former minister for economic security; and Shinjiro Koizumi, son of ...

The USD/JPY forecast shows a resilient yen despite a shift in Japan’s political landscape, resulting in defeat of ruling ...

New economic research suggests Trump's tariff policies could trigger the highest effective trade tax rates since 1934.

Part of the nation’s suicide and crisis hotline that was specifically aimed at helping LGBTQ+ youth was shut down this week, ...