Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has set pay raises and a ¥1 quadrillion ($6.9 trillion) economy as the top campaign ...

Ahead of the Upper House election, the prime minister has unveiled the ambitious target, along with raising the average ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced cash handouts as a key part of his election campaign to support households grappling with inflation. The plan proposes 20,000 yen per person with ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that Japan should aim to boost its economy to 1,000 trillion yen ($7 trillion) in ...

[TOKYO] Japan’s prime ... ahead of the key July elections. The policy, whose budget is roughly estimated at more than three trillion yen, will be included in one of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

Japan's ruling parties agreed Tuesday to include cash handouts for households hit by rising prices in their platforms for this summer's House of Councillors election, senior lawmakers said. The ...

TOKYO — A record nine Japanese ... presidential election. Top row from left, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and Economic Security Minister ...

Supporting Japanese Economy: Japan will likely ... and call a snap election, analysts say. Ruling party lawmakers traditionally make pledges of big spending packages to lure voters when elections ...

Japan's ruling coalition agreed on Tuesday to include a plan to distribute cash handouts in their election campaign pledges to help households cope with persistent inflation, media reported on Tuesday ...

When Japan’s ruling ... to underwhelming economic reform have dented the LDP’s popularity and forced a reset. A record nine lawmakers are standing in the intra-party election, competing ...

Ishiba said it was important for the people to have a sense of security by achieving wage increases that exceed inflation.

Ruling party lawmakers traditionally make pledges of big spending packages to lure voters when elections near, a trend that led to a ballooning public debt which, at twice the size of Japan’s economy, ...