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.

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

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

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

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election.

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

From left, Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President ...

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 ...

Donald Trump is pressuring Tokyo to buy Californian rice, as a national shortage exposes the country’s deep-rooted resistance ...

English remarks made recently by Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, a Japanese opposition party, about female voters, are creating a stir. When ...