The Aso faction is the only one remaining in the party, after all other factions disbanded in the wake of a high-profile slush fund scandal.

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday named former industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was involved in a ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is one of the democratic world's most successful electoral machines, governing for all but four years since its founding seven decades ago. And having misfired ...

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

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

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

A crowd gathers for a speech organised by the Liberal Democratic Party for the House of Representatives election in Tokyo on January 27, 2026 - Copyright AFP/File ...

On the night of the 8th, when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a landslide victory in the general election, she held a "freshman lawmaker education countermeasure meeting" with senior ...