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LDP punishes 39 lawmakers; Abe faction leaders hit the hardest
The disciplinary measures were decided at a meeting of the Party Ethics Committee on April 4. The LDP urged Ryu Shionoya, who heads the Abe faction’s 15-member executive board, and Hiroshige ...
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Ishiba wins LDP presidential election in runoff over Takaichi
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 ...
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What to Know About Japan’s LDP Election—and the Possibility of a First Female PM
When Japan’s ruling political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), votes on Friday for its next leader, it will effectively be choosing the country’s next Prime Minister. A slew of ...
Reuters13d
When Japan's predictable politics go awry
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 ...
Bloomberg L.P.13d
What Comes Next for Japan’s Ruling Party After Its Election Setback
A new government must be formed by the end of November, with both the LDP and the main opposition party seeking enough support from smaller parties to run the world’s fourth-largest economy.
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Learning from the LDP’s crushing defeat
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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Japan’s LDP May Lose Majority for First Time Since 2009, Media Forecasts Show
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 ...
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Japan's ruling LDP at risk of losing majority in election, polls show
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 ...
The Independent13d
Japan goes to polls in one of most unpredictable elections in years: here’s what’s at stake
Normally a beacon of stability in a region of turbulent geopolitics, Japan has been ruled by the same centre-right Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for 65 of the past 69 years. Its prime minister ...
The Independent13d
Japan election results plunge country into political crisis as ruling coalition loses majority
With the final constituency accounted for, prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito had just 215 seats, down from 279 and well ...
UPI12d
Japan's LDP will try to stay in power despite election losses
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.