Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over how best to revive a moribund deflation-entrapped Japanese economy. A ...
Altogether, the LDP lost more than 50 seats ... But there they were: five young tourists, all wearing the iconic French hat on a blustery October day. Cellphone cameras at the ready, they stood ...
A scandal and economic stagnation spur Japanese voters to challenge decades of LDP rule Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), arrives for a ...
Japan's general election has dealt a major blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whose ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, Komei, lost their parliamentary majority ...
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 ...
They include four people who ran without the LDP’s endorsement following their involvement in the party’s slush funds scandal--Hiroshige Seko, Koichi Hagiuda, Yasutoshi Nishimura and Katsuei ...
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'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 LDP under Ishiba was vying for at least a simple majority of 233 seats in the Lower House, which seemed achievable since the ruling coalition held 279 seats going into the race. However ...
Japan’s ruling LDP has lost its majority for the first time since 2009 and is scrambling to put together a coalition Opposition CDPJ made major gains and its leader Yoshihiko Noda seeking ...
Japan’s Tamaki Digs In Over Tax Demand to Support Ailing LDP Leaders of DPP and LDP agreed to discuss policy cooperation DPP’s Tamaki says support for LDP contingent on tax proposal ...
Officials from the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan hold a meeting regarding the results of the Oct. 27 House of Representatives election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo ...