His ruling coalition retained its majority in the upper house in Sunday’s vote for around the half the seats in the chamber

Japan’s next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, faced the task on Monday of forming a government to tackle challenges such as record unemployment.

Japanese began voting in an election on Sunday that looks set to topple the conservative party, handing the opposition the job of reviving the econom

Kaoru Yosano on Tuesday warned that the opposition party likely to score a landslide in weekend elections would create a "one-party dictatorship".

Japan’s lower house of Parliament approved a record budget on Friday, a step likely to intensify pressure for the country’s unpopular premier to quit.

Japan’s ruling and opposition parties enacted a -billion extra budget on Tuesday to fund government stimulus plans, after two days of bickering.

A senior lawmaker defected from Japan’s ruling party on Tuesday, denouncing beleaguered Prime Minister Taro Aso as an ”old-guard crony”