About two-thirds of all candidates running in the Feb. 8 Lower House election support Japan strengthening its defense ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is one of the democratic world's most successful electoral machines, governing for all ...

The poll showed that the LDP-led coalition was likely to secure more than 300 of the 465 seats in the Lower House.

In scenes normally reserved for J-Pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest ...

Sharp splits have emerged in the newly formed Centrist Reform Alliance (Chudo) that could affect the cohesion of the largest ...

Wherever you live, you can be safe, receive proper medical, welfare, and educational services, and have a stable place to ...

Jiji Press assessed posts made by party chiefs on X, formerly Twitter, between Jan. 27, when the official campaign period for Sunday's House of Representatives election kicked off, and Thursday, and ...

The ruling bloc could end up with more than 300 seats, giving it a possible two-thirds majority in the Lower House.

Aso, who heads the LDP's only remaining intraparty faction, aims to increase the number of lawmakers belonging to his faction ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is on track to secure a majority in the House of Represe ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has extended its lead from last week in a Kyodo News p ...

While the parties were in an alliance, the LDP had asked supporters to cast proportional representation votes for Komeito in ...