Campaigning begins for Japan’s parliamentary election
TOKYO (AP) — Official campaigning for Japan's Oct. 27 parliamentary election began Tuesday with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeking a mandate for his policies and for reforms after the…
Amid skepticism, CDP faces once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Oct. 27 polls
The upcoming Oct. 27 general election presents the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), the largest opposition party in parliament, with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to present itself as a credible…
Japan to ‘seriously consider’ UN nuke ban treaty observer status, Ishiba says
Just days after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a grassroots group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors pushing for the abolition of nuclear arms, Prime Minister Shigeru…
Ishiba reiterates need for nuclear deterrence despite group’s Nobel Prize
A day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a grassroots group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors pushing for a nuclear weapons ban, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday…
Opposition clashes with Ishiba over political reform
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…
Ishiba fends off questions on endorsement of scandal-tainted LDP members
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…
CDP’s Noda wants to court Nippon Ishin and DPP, but will he succeed?
Yoshihiko Noda, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new president, faces the difficult task of uniting the country's largest opposition party around policies that appeal to voters who are disgruntled…
Nine ruling party candidates vie to replace Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Kishida
TOKYO (AP) — A record nine candidates are running in Japan's ruling party election Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A former defense minister who is a longtime…
Noda front-runner in CDP leadership race, with Edano close behind: survey
Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, 67, is leading in the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's leadership race, followed by former CDP leader Yukio Edano, 60, a Jiji Press…
CDP leadership race a battle between old and new
The leadership race of the major opposition Constitutional Party of Japan (CDP) is shaping up to be a clash of old and new generations, with two veterans facing off against…