Japan holds Upper House elections every three years to fill half the chamber’s 248 seats. This year, 124 regular seats and ...

Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief negotiator on trade, confirmed on Saturday that he’s heading to Washington next week to meet U.S. officials for another ministerial-level negotiation. This trip is an ...

President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy is less about trade and more about geopolitical blackmail. By refusing to be rushed ...

Japan's top negotiator for trade talks with the United States plans to visit Washington early next week before the US imposes a 25-percent tariff on imports from Japan starting August 1.

Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said he’s aiming to visit Washington next week to continue efforts to win tariff ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday he planned to visit Washington next week to hold further ...

If the current ruling party loses its majority, the country’s waters could become uncharted at a critical time.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that a trade deal with Japan remained possible, following talks in Tokyo ahead of the looming August 1 imposition of new tariffs.

Since he was sworn into office in January, Trump has threatened and implemented tariffs that dramatically change the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled for most of the post-war period, and its partner Komeito, are forecast to lose their majority in a repeat of last year's ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

Markets may be mispricing tariff risks. Find out why record customs revenue, low volatility, and past patterns make a retreat ...