After its landslide victory in the February House of Representatives election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to “punish” scandal-tainted lawmakers in the Lower House election has sparked an ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s proportional representation list for the Lower House election not only features 42 ...

TOKYO -- The official campaign period for the House of Councillors election got underway on July 3 as the lingering issue of "money in politics" continues to haunt Japan. In the 2024 House of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party's Shigeru Ishiba, holds a press conference after the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Looks to Translate Her Election Gains Into a New Conservative Shift TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble that her personal popularity would ...

Why did Takaichi call a snap election so early? Takaichi has called a snap election just three months into the job, taking a high-risk move. It is all about securing a public mandate for her policy.

The nine candidates running in the LDP leadership election (left to right): Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on Sunday, the second electoral loss since coming into office last fall.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has staked her political survival on a high-risk snap general election, wagering that her personal approval ratings can overcome the legacy of her ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to maintain its majority in the country's lower house in Sunday's ...