In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on ...

Mr. Taniguchi, who was a special adviser to the cabinet of Shinzo Abe when he was prime minister of Japan, wrote from Tokyo. The political dominance of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has been ...

Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s ...

Official campaigning for the leadership election of Japan's second-largest but flagging opposition party kicked off Sunday, ...

via REUTERS The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is increasingly unpopular with ... The Liberal Democrats have ruled Japan almost incessantly over recent decades. They are credited with leading ...

Japan's parliament convened the 215th Diet on Thursday after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition lost its ...

SEOUL — Japan’s ruling party on Sunday lost ... of political disarray for a key U.S. ally in Asia. The Liberal Democratic Party, which has been in power almost continuously since its founding ...

Japanese social media was quick to point out that PM Shigeru Ishiba appeared to doze off during Monday’s vote in parliament ...

Economic malaise was the biggest factor in the devastating loss handed to Japan's ruling coalition last month.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

TOKYO — Japan's parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst ...

Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...