The party leadership fears that a gaffe made by any of the 66 newcomers to the all-important lower chamber of parliament may ...

At a party workshop on Tuesday, LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki told the new winners in the Feb. 8 Lower House election ...

TOKYO -- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is poised to make significant gains in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives ...

After inheriting a party in crisis, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi led her LDP to a thumping snap-election win — but ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is one of the democratic world's most successful electoral machines, governing for all ...

Taro Aso, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, has been vigorously delivering campaign speeches for LDP candidates in Sunday's general election with a view to further enhancing his influenc ...

The landslide victory by Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday signals the collapse of the pro-China faction in ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet is enjoying a high 63 percent approval rating following the Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in the Feb. 8 Lower House election, according to a new ...

WAKAYAMA -- The Wakayama prefectural chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sent a letter of protest to the party's headquarters after i･･･ ...

Forty-one Liberal Democratic Party candidates caught up in a political funds scandal won Lower House seats in the Feb. 8 election, seemingly buoyed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's high approval ...

Takaichi’s performance has surprised most observers. Not only did she take office with sky-high approval ratings, but she has maintained them since October.

The possibility of the former Abe faction, a symbol of Japan’s hardline conservatives, making a comeback in next month’s House of Representatives (lower house) election has grown. Lawmakers from the ...