William Sposato is a Tokyo-based journalist who has been a contributor to Foreign Policy since 2015. He has been following ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is arranging to convene a key decision-making meeting as early as late next week.

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Ishiba and other LDP executives decided on Tuesday to hold the Joint Plenary Meeting of both houses of the Diet. Ishiba ...

Following the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s crushing defeat in the House of Councillors election, calls for Prime Minister ...

The public doesn’t know what it wants — other than “not this” — so indecision by the LDP and other parties is understandable.

The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority in the Upper House election on July 20, ...

There were two big losers in Sunday’s Upper House elections.The biggest loser was the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which, ...

Japan's bond market faces stern tests this week, from domestic political ructions and a possible hawkish shift at the central ...

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising ...