A Disastrous Poll Puts Japan Politics on Shaky Path
In US politics, a Scaramucci has come to mean a unit of time lasting around 10 days, the length of Anthony Scaramucci's term as White House Director of Communications.Perhaps Japan…
Japan Faces Political Upheaval as LDP Coalition Loses Majority
(Bloomberg) -- Japan faces a period of political instability after the ruling coalition failed to win a majority in parliament for the first time since 2009, setting up a race…
Japan’s ruling party may struggle in Sunday’s vote, but its decades of dominance won’t end
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba 's ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support, faces its toughest challenge in more than a decade in Sunday's parliamentary…
Japan PM Ishiba’s defense reforms face election hurdle with expected LDP losses
New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces major obstacles in pushing his ambitious defense agenda as polling suggests his party will lose ground in Sunday's general election, forcing it to…
One of the World’s Most Successful Political Parties Is in Trouble in Japan
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has held power for all but a handful of years since the 1950s largely due to strong support in rural areas of the archipelago. That formula…
Japan’s governing party headquarters is attacked with firebombs and suspect is arrested
TOKYO (AP) — A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan's governing party in Tokyo on Saturday, then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister's…
Japan’s ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs and suspect is arrested, media report
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China Steps Up Its Threat to Taiwan as New Defense Minister Nakatani Meets US Generals
The Defense Minister of Japan, Gen Nakatani invited two of America's most senior soldiers to a meeting in Tokyo in mid October as China escalated its war games near Taiwan.…
Record number of women run for Japan general election
The previous record was 229 in the 2009 general election. Female leaders are still rare in business and politics in Japan, which is ranked 118 out of 146 in the…
Election to test Ishiba’s ability to build a strong political base
The Oct. 27 general election — the first nationwide vote since a slush funds scandal was uncovered within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party — comes as an early test of…