Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffered a heavy blow April 28 when his ruling Liberal Democratic Party was defeated in a by-election that had long been an LDP stronghold. It was one of three by ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also LDP president, would seem a natural choice for the party. However, some LDP lawmakers want Ishiba to bow out to take responsibility for the ruling ...

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, ...

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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 also crashed his van into the security fence outside the prime minister's office, which is close to the LDP headquarters situated in Nagatacho, and threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at ...

The Mainichi newspaper forecast the LDP to win between 203 and 250 seats in the lower house, the more powerful of the two chambers of parliament, leaving open the possibility that the party will ...

The LDP has held sole control of the chamber since it returned to power in 2012 after three years in opposition. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government already depends on Komeito for a ...

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 LDP has held sole control of the chamber since it returned to power in 2012 after three years in opposition. In a separate poll by Jiji Press, support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ...