The jockeying for a new prime minister has begun as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's beleaguered long-governing ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will pick its new leader on October 4, the party's election committee said ...

The coming election is likely to pit a Shinzo Abe protégé against the son of an Elvis-loving former prime minister.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has announced he will step down following growing calls from his party to take ...

Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime ...

The Sanseito party, often noted for its right-wing policies, is also making efforts to attract liberal voters in Japan. How ...

At an extraordinary executive meeting on Monday, Ichiro Aisawa, chairman of the party's election management committee, said ...

TOKYO: Sanae Takaichi, 64, former minister in charge of economic security, has decided to run in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election which will choose the successor to Prime Minister ...

The full-scale selection procedure may favour Sanae Takaichi, a veteran fiscal dove and right-winger who local media say has decided to run.

On July 20, Japan held the election for its House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito Party lost seats and fell below a majority, meaning ...