And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously for the last 30 years, it’s now in a precarious position as it prepares to vote for a new party leader on Saturday – mired in scandal, widely unpopular, and abandoned by longtime supporters who have instead flocked to new right-wing parties.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in ...

Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

Japan has an incredibly strong local car market, and while most of the new cars sold there are built locally, the country does import thousands of vehicles every year. Contrary to what most people think, including some policy officials from the Trump ...

He offered a “heartfelt apology” to the victims of Japan’s “colonial rule and aggression” in Asia. Ahead of the 70th anniversary, Abe Shinzo, who was then prime minister and known for his revisionist views on history,

In the mid-19th century, Japan was relatively isolated from the Western world. Most Americans knew almost nothing about the country and considered it backward, even barbaric. The two cultures’ differing ideas of sports meant that sumo only added to American views of Japan as strange and uncivilized.

President Donald Trump is on his way to South Korea, the third stop on his Asia tour that will culminate in a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.Trump visited with Japan's Emperor Naruhito on Monday after landing in Tokyo.