In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to ...

Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, ...

The Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, has lost majority in the elections — a first in 15 ...

A total of 13 incumbent and former Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly members have been referred to prosecutors for allegedly ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s long-reigning coalition lost a majority in the parliamentary election, underscoring ...

The opposition party wants to raise the threshold for tax exemptions from the current ¥1.03 million ($6,740), a move that ...

The leader of the small Japanese political party that could become a useful ally for a weakened government dug in his heels ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to make policy deals short of expanding its ruling coalition after the ruling ...

The ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to reappoint Fukushiro Nukaga of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as ...

Whatever the form it takes, the next government will be one of instability and crisis as it seeks to impose new burdens on ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may find that the price for securing the support of a small opposition party and ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday began ...