Japan's ruling (LDP) is considering requesting that the so-called "slush fund lawmakers," who received kickbacks from ...

The Bank of Japan is unlikely to be deterred from its rate hike cycle despite the ruling LDP losing its lower house majority.

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

The Japanese parliament on Monday re-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister in a rare runoff ...

called a snap election immediately after winning the leadership contest of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a conservative political machine that has ruled Japan almost continuously since the ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and a small opposition party that holds the key for its fate will have high-level policy ...

It is the worst result for the LDP – which has ruled Japan for 65 of the past 69 years – since 2009, when it briefly fell out of power. A chastened-looking Mr Ishiba told TV Tokyo it was a ...

Japan's LDP is one of the democratic world's most successful parties, a one-size-fits-all electoral machine in power for all but four of the last 69 years. AFP looks at the history of the Liberal ...

Normally a beacon of stability in a region of turbulent geopolitics, Japan has been ruled by the same centre-right Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for 65 of the past 69 years. Its prime minister ...

Japan's Ruling LDP at Risk of Losing Majority in Election, Polls Show TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling party may lose its majority in the lower house, according to media polling ahead of the Oct ...

The result marks one of the largest political upheavals Japan has experienced in 15 years, with the yen falling to a three-month low after the coalition's loss. Advertisement The LDP's defeat was ...