July 3, marks the official start of campaigning for the House of Councillors election. Can the sense of stagnation in ...

The following is a chronology of major events leading up to the official start of campaigning for Japan's House of ...

Since its creation 68 years ago, the LDP has been made up of competing factions. Faction bosses reward members with government posts and support at election time.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s largest faction formerly led by ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in a July 2022･･･ ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday searched the offices of two powerful political factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), public broadcaster NHK reported, in ...

The Liberal Democratic Party has responded to its ongoing kickbacks scandal by moving to disband its factions, but the history of the party shows that this may not be straightforward. Home In-depth ...

If Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factions are rampantly implicated in systematically creating secret reserves using political funds for shady purposes, the ruling party could be accused of ...

The LDP’s Political Reform Headquarters has compiled an interim report for rectifications, but it has not gone so far as to abolish factions and political fundraising parties, which the ...

In the July 1998 LDP election, Obuchi Keizō, leader of his own faction, ran against a faction member, Kajiyama Seiroku. In the September 2009 election, Abe ran against the Seiwakai’s leader at ...

The largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is reeling from a flurry of scandals and a power vacuum following the death of its leader, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The destruction of the factions has created unprecedented uncertainty around who will be the LDP’s next leader, as candidates embark on a 15-day campaign starting September 12.

Investigation officials from Tokyo's district prosecutors office head to an office of a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by politician Toshihiro Nikai, on Tuesday. (Kyodo via Reuters Connect ...