Takaichi also appeared to immediately betray the LDP’s promise of ‘change’ by appointing seven scandal-ridden politicians to the Cabinet and just two female state ministers, visibly failing to tackle ...

Controversy has erupted after it was confirmed that the office of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi distributed ...

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 first female prime minister is set to be formally reappointed after engineering a mass cabinet resignation — a procedural manoeuvre that reveals as much about the fragility of her coalition as ...

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 ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has launched a rookie education program, holding a training session this week for new LDP ...

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 ...

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

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) achieved a stunning victory in the country’s lower house election on 8 February 2026. The LDP won 316 of 465 contested seats — a ...

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh's 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission. Yunus will hand over the reins of ...