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Recent media polls show the LDP coalition could lose its majority, heightening the risk of political instability when the ...

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The House of People's Representatives has approved today amended proclamations on income tax, and election, registration of ...

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that throughout 2024, geopolitical tensions and general elections in 70 countries had triggered ...

Economists have called for timely intervention to control rising maize prices, warning that any price surge risks exerting ...

The yen slid on Thursday as concerns mounted over a pivotal election in Japan and a still elusive trade deal with the U.S. to avoid a punishing rise in tariffs. Japan's currency traded near a one-year ...

Hungary's opposition leader Peter Magyar said on Saturday his Tisza party will launch a "Hungarian New Deal" to revive the ...