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 ...

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, ...

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.

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.

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The LDP—and its coalition partner Komeito—are now scrambling, desperately, for a lifeline from a third party to hold on to power. It’s unclear that Ishiba can cling to a job he’s botched ...

Japan's Ruling LDP at Risk of Losing Majority in Election, Polls Show TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling party may lose its majority in the lower house, according to media polling ahead of the Oct ...