JGBs consolidated in the early Tokyo session ahead of the Japanese Finance Ministry’s auction of about 2.6 trillion yen of two-year sovereign notes.

Japan's long-dated government bond (JGB) yields remain near record peaks after the ruling coalition lost its majority in upper house elections. Opposition parties advocating debt-funded tax cuts have ...

Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday as some of the euphoria fizzled out over a tariff deal with Japan as proposed by ...

Japan's bond market faces stern tests this week, from domestic political ructions and a possible hawkish shift at the central bank to global risks stemming from the Federal Reserve.

The current political crisis is the result of a July 20 election in Japan’s upper house, the less-powerful chamber in ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

Discussions of the new trade deal with Japan – including my own comments here -- remind me that it is incumbent on all of us who write about trade to be honest about how much politics, and not pure ...

The populist surge on the right is a familiar electoral feature across the West. Gains by the far right in Japan show its ...

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

In Japan’s July 20 House of Councillors election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest political party in Japan, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep ...

For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house. But on Sunday, Sanseito ...