The broader Topix Index also gained as much as 2.1%, lifted by electronics and banks. The LDP and the Japan Innovation Party ...

The expected deal with Ishin follows the collapse of the LDP's 26-year coalition with Komeito, which ended its alliance after ...

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average exceeded 49,000 for the first time temporarily Monday afternoon. At 12:35 p.m., the key index of major names on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime ...

Japan’s governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female prime minister, after finding a badly needed replacement for a crucial partner that left her Liberal ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country’s first female prime minister, according to insiders.

An Illinois sheriff's deputy goes on trial this week in the death of Sonya Massey. Jury selection is scheduled to start ...