Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People calls for the country’s 10% sales tax to be halved to 5% in their manifesto for the summer upper house election.

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced cash handouts as part of the election campaign to help households manage ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he had instructed the ruling coalition to include cash handouts as part ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he had instructed a ruling Liberal Democratic Party executive to ...

WARSAW – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will face a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday in an attempt to regain ...

Japan’s economy faces pressure from U.S. import tariffs of 24% from July unless officials can negotiate them down. The country is also seeking an exemption for carmakers from a separate 25% import ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito intend to discuss details including the size of the handouts, when the provision should be started and whether to set an income limit ...

Japan's ruling coalition agreed to include a plan to distribute cash handouts in its election campaign pledges to help ...

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 ...

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

Soaring rice prices, due in part to crop damage from extreme heat and additional demand from a boom in tourism, have become a major concern for Japanese consumers as well as the government with upper ...