TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday’s upper house election, and a loss could worsen political instability at a time of daunting challenges, such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs.

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two years, bu

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a difficult test in Sunday’s upper house election. A defeat could worsen political uncertainty, as the country faces multiple challenges. Apart from food shortages and a surge in rice prices,

Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.

Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, said on Saturday he planned to visit Washington next week to hold further ministerial-level talks with the U.S.

Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for votes heats up ahead of Sunday’s national election.

T HE IMAGE Tamaki Yuichiro wants to convey is of upward mobility. His campaign poster shows him grinning against a vivid orange backdrop, arms extended and fingers pointing skyward. The slogan beneath is hardly revolutionary: “Increase take-home pay.” But Mr Tamaki has turned this into a rallying-cry among younger voters.

Russia operations and North Korean threats pose the greatest challenge to global order since World War II, in its annual assessment.

Japan's Connor O'Leary won his first world championship tour title at the Corona Open J-Bay in South Africa on Friday.

Japan’s ruling party is betting on lower rice prices winning urban votes at the risk of alienating their traditional farm base.

A Japanese government official called on China to expand a program allowing certain mainland investors to put more money abroad, citing “strong enthusiasm” for Japanese stocks.

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt investor confidence in the world's fourth-largest economy and complicate tariff talks with the United States.