Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was a critical test for Ishiba’s leadership and his party, and the LDP failed it.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered its worst-ever result in a Tokyo metropolitan election, losing its spot as ...

Japan election LDP widens lead heading into Japan's upper house race. Ishiba cabinet's approval rating rises 3 points to 37%, Nikkei poll shows ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal is a simple majority. Half of the 248 seats for six-year terms in the upper ...

This was because the LDP refused to accede to the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties' demands that these donations be banned in principle, insisting instead that ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday he had instructed a ruling Liberal Democratic Party executive to include cash handouts as part of its election campaign pledge to aid households ...

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the main opposition force in national politics, and the LDP's junior coalition partner Komeito party won 17 and 19 seats, respectively. The Democratic ...

Discussions between Japan's ruling and opposition parties over measures to secure the number of Imperial Family members have hit a snag, and it is exp ...

LDP to discuss governance plans after Upper House election, Moriyama says. Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama speaks during an interview in Tokyo on ... THE JAPAN TIMES LTD.