Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Growing fears that Japan’s upcoming parliamentary election will strain its fiscal position sent yields on long-dated government bonds sharply higher.

Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 on Tuesday as concerns about fiscal spending mount ahead of an upper house election.

Japan's central bank may face political pressure to keep interest rates low for longer than it wants, as opposition parties favouring tax cuts and loose monetary policy are expected to gain influence ...

Japan's ruling LDP party received its lowest score in an opinion poll since returning to power in 2012 in a survey by public broadcaster NHK on Monday, underlining the prospect that the governing ...

Option traders are beginning to flip the script on Japan’s currency with some of them bracing for political shocks, trade flare-ups, and shifting Federal Reserve expectations to push the yen lower ...

Option traders are beginning to flip the script on Japan’s currency with some of them bracing for political shocks, trade flare-ups, and shifting Federal Reserve expectations to push the yen ...

Here are the final unofficial voting results of the runoff election Saturday in Taylor County. Incumbent Kyle McAlister and Miguel Espinoza were the top two vote-getters in the May 3 general ...