Hiroshi Moriyama, the No. 2 figure in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Thursday ...

Japan's deepening political uncertainty risks prolonging policy paralysis that could affect the drafting of next year's ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated Friday his intention to stay on as Japan's leader, defying calls to step down as the ...

Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday searched the offices of two powerful political factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), public broadcaster NHK reported, in connection with the ...

The ruling LDP coalition lost its upper house majority, as inflation, taxes and immigration help the opposition.

The LDP won 33 seats in the 127-seat assembly, up from the pre-election level of 25, displacing Tomin First no Kai, a regional party founded by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, as the leading force.

TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and allies failed to win outright a local election in Tokyo on Sunday that was seen as a key test ...

Two officials in Japan's ruling LDP party on Thursday said radical changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One went as far to suggest they still could be canceled, and the other that even ...

After scoring their biggest victory in Tokyo municipal elections since 1963, the odds of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party regaining control of the crucial upper house in July have sharply ...

Public broadcaster NHK said the LDP-led coalition had lost its majority in the Tokyo assembly election and that the ruling party had been eclipsed by the Democratic Party of Japan as the single ...

On July 2, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a historic defeat in the Tokyo metropolitan elections. Though on one level, the election was about how Tokyoites ...