The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party suffered a major defeat in key elections this Sunday as a far-right ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year’s snap election.

The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the ...

Japanese politics is different in many ways, but in one, it’s having what appears to be an analogous moment: “Honestly ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a critical test in Sunday’s upper house election. A loss could deepen political ...

Japan's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has suffered another setback ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

Police investigate a car stuck in a fence near the entrance to the Japanese Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2024. via REUTERS The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is increasingly ...

What Japan’s Political Uncertainty Means for Its Market Rally The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has lost its parliamentary majority, raising questions about the policy stability that has ...

Sunday's election marks the first time the once-proud party has lost a majority in both houses since its foundation in 1955.

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...