Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Japan ’s election results could hamper U.S. trade talks, Israeli ...

A youthquake has upended politics in the world’s oldest society, Japan, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a lame-ish duck ...

By Chris Summers Contributing Writer Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the center-right Liberal Democratic Party, said on Monday he would not stand down after losing a key election on ...

U.S. stock indexes inched to more records to kick off a week full of profit updates from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and squeaked past its prior ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office, despite exit polls indicating that his Liberal ...

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...

The yen climbed across the board on Monday after beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to hang on as ...

The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which Prime Minister Ishiba leads, secured 47 seats in parliament, short of the 50 it needs for a majority.

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

Sanseitō, an ultranationalist populist party, gained in Japan’s elections after framing immigration as a central issue.