Japan's sales tax rate is set at 10%, except for food items at 8%. Ishiba has shunned opposition calls to slash the sales tax ...

As a Harvard professor, Elizabeth Warren rang the alarm bell in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. Now a veteran ...

Following Trump's election victory, Democratic Party faces criticism as strategists acknowledge poor polling numbers and ...

The yen slid on Thursday as concerns mounted over a pivotal election in Japan and a still elusive trade deal with the U.S. to avoid a punishing rise in tariffs. Japan's currency traded near a one-year ...

TOKYO -- Immigration to Japan has emerged as a key political issue ahead of Sunday's upper house of parliament election, ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said she continues to believe the US central bank can be patient in ...

Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that throughout 2024, geopolitical tensions and general elections in 70 countries had triggered ...

Suriname will have a female president for the first time. The country's parliament, which chooses the president, elected Dr.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signaled a possible run for re-election in 2026, hinting at a historic fourth ...