Gambling in a bid for a stronger mandate, Japan’s new prime minister called a general election a year before he needed to, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s long-reigning coalition lost a majority in the parliamentary election, underscoring ...

The Liberal Democrats, long the guiding force for Japan, are in disarray just when their country needs them the most.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday signaled that he intends to continue running the government after his ...

"The LDP suffered a crushing defeat," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute, who sees a ...

Analysts are divided on whether Shigeru Ishiba may still be prime minister and the LDP leader ahead of the upper house ...

Ishiba's decision to call an election was to 'start afresh as a fair, just and sincere party' but his rhetoric for reform was ...

Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, was facing a major electoral setback on Sunday as projections indicated his ...

In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to ...

Japan is "heading for a time of political instability," Shimada Yukiko said on Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The first ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has promised to stay in office despite his gamble on snap elections having backfired.

The funding scandal involved millions of dollars in undocumented political funds, and lawmakers allegedly lining their own ...