Appointment follows pledge by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of more than ¥10 trillion in fresh public support for chip and ...

Factions in the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly are shocked by the Nov. 17 reelection of former Gov. Motohiko Saito, who was ...

Whether on the left or the right, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters.

Japan’s ruling party named Daishiro Yamagiwa as the new ... Yamagiwa, who formerly served as economic revitalization minister ...

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

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

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces he is stepping down. September 27: The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a ...

Moving forward, the ruling and opposition parties must work together to reform and rebuild public trust, aiming for unity.” ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whom lawmakers voted to keep in office Monday despite his party’s dismal recent election showing, has vowed to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.

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