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

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

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

In the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, the LDP controls 30 seats, followed by Tomin First no Kai with 28 seats and Komeito, the LDP’s junior coalition partner, with 23 seats.

He was banned from holding any senior party post for a year in April for his involvement in the LDP's slush funds scandal. However, he has remained as head of the Tokyo chapter as the punishment ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, has held back from stumping for LDP candidates in the streets during the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election campaign as he ...

The agreement, signed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Komeito head Natsuo Yamaguchi, commits the LDP to supporting Komeito’s candidate for the Tokyo No. 29 district.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Public broadcaster NHK said the LDP had won 33 seats in Tokyo's 127-member assembly, just ahead of Tokyo Citizens First, the party of Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, with 31 seats.