Over 1,170 people plan to seek Lower House seats
Over 1,170 people are currently planning to run in the Oct. 27 election for the House of Representatives, exceeding the 1,051 candidates in the previous Lower House election in 2021,…
Over 1,170 people are currently planning to run in the Oct. 27 election for the House of Representatives, exceeding the 1,051 candidates in the previous Lower House election in 2021,…
Political reform and the Liberal Democratic Party's handling of its slush fund scandal took center stage in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's first one-on-one debate with opposition leaders in parliament Wednesday.Constitutional…
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso has once again found himself at the center of controversy over Taiwan on Wednesday, after delivering remarks a day earlier that referred to the island…
The Liberal ruling Democratic Party decided Wednesday that it will not endorse 12 party legislators involved in a political slush funds scandal for the Oct. 27 Lower House election. The…
Japanese politics today has a new look, with Ishiba Shigeru heading the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Noda Yoshihiko looking to steer the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan toward…
Japanese politics today has a new look, with Ishiba Shigeru heading the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Noda Yoshihiko looking to steer the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan toward…
Hiroshi Moriyama, the secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has such a powerful influence over the administration of newly elected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba that a former Cabinet minister…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba found himself increasingly between a rock and a hard place over whether to endorse Liberal Democratic Party members implicated in a recent slush funds scandal in…
Ruling and opposition party politicians agreed on Monday to hold a planned debate of party leaders in parliament for 80 minutes, against the standard length of 45 minutes. The debate…
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will not officially endorse in the upcoming general election legislators involved in the party's political funds scandal if they…