The opposition party wants to raise the threshold for tax exemptions from the current ¥1.03 million ($6,740), a move that ...

In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to ...

The issue was at the forefront of the election that has left the LDP reeling after facing a likely loss of its majority in the chamber. In total, 46 candidates who were involved in the scandal ...

A total of 13 incumbent and former Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly members have been referred to prosecutors for allegedly ...

The ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to reappoint Fukushiro Nukaga of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as ...

The leader of the small Japanese political party that could become a useful ally for a weakened government dug in his heels ...

Analysts are divided on whether Shigeru Ishiba will still be prime minister and LDP leader ahead of the upper house elections ...

Whatever the form it takes, the next government will be one of instability and crisis as it seeks to impose new burdens on ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is looking to make policy deals short of expanding its ruling coalition after the ruling ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may find that the price for securing the support of a small opposition party and ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun policy talks with an opposition party in a bid to seek an agreement on a ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday began ...