Tens of thousands of anti-Abe government protesters held simultaneous demonstrations across Japan on June 5, demanding the abolishment of national security legislation and urging voters to support opposition parties in the Upper House election.
Thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Tokyo on Sunday to call for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to resign and for a law allowing the military to fight overseas to be overturned, as an election for parliament’s upper house draws near.
As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Wednesday decided to further delay a sales tax hike, "Abenomics" has been labeled a failure. World financial experts believe that the palliative and ineffective "Abenomics" will likely plunge Japan's economy into a "black hole."
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday officially announced his decision to postpone a consumption tax hike scheduled for April by 2½ years, setting the stage for the upcoming House of Councillors election.
Following the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that polling for the upper house election will begin on July 10, both the ruling coalition and opposition parties on Thursday began their campaign offenses.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he will further delay an already controversial planned tax hike from April 2017 to October 2019 in a sign that his once-revered "Abenomics" blend of economic policies has failed to breathe life into Japan's ailing economy.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday announced he will delay an already controversial planned tax hike further from April 2017 to October 2019 in a surefire sign that his once-revered "Abenomics" blend of economic policies has failed to breathe life into Japan's ailing economy.
The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday survived a no-confidence motion thanks to the majority of seats secured by the Abe-led ruling bloc in the lower house of the parliament.
Japan’s industrial production edged up in April, data showed Tuesday, despite factory shutdowns sparked by a pair of deadly earthquakes that rocked southern Kyushu.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought understanding from senior members of his Liberal Democratic Party on Monday over his intention to postpone the consumption tax rate hike to 10 percent by 2½ years.
Four Japanese major opposition parties on Tuesday filed a no-confidence resolution in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet over the possible sales tax hike delay to the lower house, urging the resignation of the prime minister.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told senior members of his Cabinet and the Liberal Democratic Party that he intends to postpone for 2½ years a planned hike in the consumption tax rate to 10 percent, according to government and LDP sources.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering delaying a sales tax hike, originally planned in April 2017, by around two years, Japanese media reported on Friday.
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) had differing opinions on how to stimulate a sluggish world economy at a summit that ended Friday, while Japan spared no efforts to promote its own interests.
Dozens of Japanese citizens gathered here on Thursday, protesting U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima and the two countries' intended political manipulation of the city.
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) remained divergent on Japan's appeal for enlarging public spending to boost global economic growth, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday after their discussion on global economy.
A former U.S. Marine's rape and killing of an Okinawa woman adds gloom to the elite club-styled Group of Seven (G7) summit, which kicked off here on Thursday.
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