Ishiba, 67, a former LDP secretary-general, gained 215 votes in a runoff vote in the party’s election, compared with 194 for Sanae Takaichi, 63, the economic security minister. Takaichi won ...

The LDP was the primary political force from 1955 up through the 1990s; now that its sole majority control of the lower house is gone, it feels like the dawning of a new political era marking the ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan suffered a crushing defeat in Sunday’s Lower House elections. After the LDP with 247 seats in the lower chamber of the Diet lost 56 seats in this election, ...

Even adding the Buddhist-backed Komeito party, which has partnered with the LDP for a quarter century, Sunday's showing failed to meet Ishiba’s goal of retaining a majority in the 465-seat chamber.

especially a tax break for part-time workers, his party’s top policy item. DPP’s Secretary General Kazuya Shimba will meet with his LDP counterpart, Hiroshi Moriyama.

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its ruling coalition partner lost their majority in a general election on Sunday, throwing the make-up of the next government ...

He has been the leader of the party for about a month. The first test of LDP's resolve will come next month in a parliamentary session where the body will select the next prime minister.

The result leaves the LDP struggling to govern and put Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba under pressure to resign just weeks after he took office. The yen fell almost 1 per cent against the dollar on ...

The LDP's subsidies are expected to total ¥15.65 billion ($102 million) for the year, after the number of the party's seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament ...

Advertisement The LDP's defeat was in large part a reaction to lack of public trust due to a major corruption allegations of misappropriated political donations amounting to nearly $4 million in ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insisted on Monday he would not step down and reached out to potential political allies following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s resounding ...

TOKYO – Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a general election on Oct 27, with results reflecting a hung Parliament.