Japan’s Tamaki Digs In Over Tax Demand to Support Ailing LDP
The leader of the small Japanese political party that could become a useful ally for a weakened government dug in his heels ...
Japan’s LDP, DPP to Hold High-Level Policy Talk Thursday
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and a small opposition party that holds the key for its fate will have high-level policy ...
Japan PM Ishiba calls for LDP to hold policy talks with opposition DPFP
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who is also president of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, says he has ...
Election shock: Japan's ruling LDP coalition loses grip on lower house majority
In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to ...
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LDP Losses: October 2024 Japanese Election Ends the “Neo-1955 Setup”
Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, ...
Japan's LDP will try to stay in power despite election losses
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to make policy deals short of expanding its ruling coalition after the ruling ...
Japan's ruling LDP loses majority in snap election
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Japanese government in flux after voter anger leads to major defeat for Ishiba’s LDP
Preliminary results show the LDP-Komeito coalition will fall short of the 233 seats needed for a majority in the Lower House.
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In ‘Exceptionally Harsh Judgement’ From Japan’s Public, LDP Loses Its Majority
The Democratic Party for the People (another center-right opposition party) won 28 seats, Reiwa Shinsengumi (a left-wing ...
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Japan govt in limbo as ruling LDP lose majority in parliament for 1st time since 2009
In 2009, the LDP lost by a landslide to the Democratic Party of Japan, the predecessor to the current CDP, winning over 300 ...
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LDP scrambles for help to stay in power; gripes aired over Ishiba
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also LDP president, would seem a natural choice for the party. However, some LDP lawmakers want Ishiba to bow out to take responsibility for the ruling ...
Something For Everyone: Why Japan's LDP Is So Successful
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.