Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

As official campaigning began Thursday for Japan's July 20 House of Councillors election, minor opposition parties expected ...

The Democratic Party for the People modified language in its Upper House election manifesto that was criticized as xenophobic by voices both inside and outside the party.

Official campaigning for Japan's House of Councilors, or upper house of the Diet, kicked off on Thursday and is seen as a ...

The opposition party is looking to raise its seat count in the chamber to 21, which would enable it to independently submit ...

Campaigning for the House of Councillors election is officially underway in Japan, with a major focal point being measures to ...

July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of Japan's small opposition Democratic Party for the People, apologized Wednesday for remarks that ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...

Criticized as misogynistic, an opposition leader said his comment that policy is “difficult to understand” for women was ...