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 party born amid the Covid pandemic scooped massive gains. Ishiba's Liberal ...

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.

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

Japan’s ruling party will likely debate the fate of beleaguered Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a gathering in the next few ...

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

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

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

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

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

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

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