The parliament opened a 24-day extraordinary session on Thursday as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to enact political reform legislation and a supplementary budget.He is expected to face intensified pressure…
As discussions over political reform intensify ahead of Thursday's opening of the next session of parliament, the handling of corporate donations is poised to emerge as a major battleground between…
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…
The Japanese government and the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party are discussing a plan to set the date for convening an extraordinary session of the Diet, or…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who launched his second Cabinet on Monday, faces a tightrope walk, as he leads a minority government following his ruling bloc's major election setback last month…
Lawmakers were set to decide on Monday whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba remains the country's leader after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a Lower House election late…
A week after a general election that saw the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lose their majority — and seven days before parliament opens and selects a new prime minister…
Japan's political landscape is undergoing a significant transformation following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) recent electoral setbacks. As the LDP grapples with declining support, smaller parties like the Democratic Party…
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…