Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologized at a Liberal Democratic Party meeting Sunday for the LDP's devastating loss in October's House of Representatives election and vowed to strengthen the party ahead…
Tokyo police on Saturday arrested a 66-year-old doctor who ran unsuccessfully in last month's general election as an independent, on suspicion he promised to pay campaign staff, a violation of…
Sapporo – The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), which swept a total of 148 seats in the Oct. 27 Lower House election, did particularly well in Hokkaido, winning nine…
Nobuyuki Baba, leader of opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai, announced on Sunday that his party will not cooperate with the administration of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. In a meeting at…
The Liberal ruling Democratic Party is stuck between a rock and a hard place over whether to raise the threshold for tax exemptions from the current ¥1.03 million ($6,740) —…
In the aftermath of Sunday's general election, the Democratic Party for the People, a small party that only had seven seats prior to the Lower House's dissolution on Oct. 9,…
Sunday's election upended Japanese politics. The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic of Japan and its junior partner Komeito took a beating, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his government…
Public support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet dropped to around 30% after his Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner, Komeito, lost their Lower House majority on Oct.…
Voter turnout for single-seat constituencies in Sunday's general election in Japan stood at 53.85%, the third lowest in post-World War II history, according to internal affairs ministry data. The figure…
For the first time in 15 years, the Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner, Komeito, have lost their Lower House majority, following a clear rout in Sunday's general…