Japan a Target of Foreign Election Interference Online, Gov't Says

'Bond vigilantes' are taking aim at Japan market ahead of critical election

With a crucial election looming just days away that is set to determine the course of the fiscally troubled nation, a market storm is brewing.

Japan a target of foreign election interference online, gov't says

Japan may be a target of disinformation by foreign actors to disrupt its elections, a government spokesman said Wednesday, as the country prepares to vote later this week in the House of Councillors race.

Will Japan see a new PM soon? Polls suggest Ishiba unlikely to pass this week’s election test

The recent surveys indicate that the LDP and the smaller Komeito party's coalition could lose popular support and the upper house majority in the Sunday elections, where 125 out of 248 seats are up for grabs

Immigration becomes election issue in Japan amid tough economy

TOKYO -- Immigration to Japan has emerged as a key political issue ahead of Sunday's upper house of parliament election, after a surge in the number o

Polls suggest tough election for Japan PM

Japan’s unpopular ruling coalition faces tough upper house elections this weekend, opinion polls suggested, potentially ending Shigeru Ishiba’s premiership after less than a year. Ishiba, 68, has headed a minority government since October when he led the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to its worst general election result in years. The new surveys indicate that the ruling coalition of the LDP and the smaller Komeito party could lose…