The coalition needs 50 seats to retain control of the 248-seat upper chamber - with an exit poll from public broadcaster NHK ...

Public broadcaster NHK projected the party to win as many as 22 seats, adding to the single lawmaker it secured in the ...

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan’s upper house election on Sunday, gaining ...

Japan's leader Shigeru Ishiba faces mounting political pressure as his ruling coalition is set to lose its majority in the ...

Among the most likely candidates is the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), which has urged the Bank of Japan to reverse ...

Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in upper house elections on Sunday, exit polls projected, in a disastrous result ...