It has been less than a year since the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito fell to a minority government in the House ...

Liberalism in the philosophical sense is the broad family of political doctrines that center on equality and freedom: holding ...

What began as a fringe movement is now gaining traction, driven by voter dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties ...

An overwhelming percentage of opposition candidates in the Upper House election support a “total ban” on corporate and group donations, but the rate was zero for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a ...

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slid further ahead of major national elections, a poll by public ...

Kim Min-seok, Korea's new prime minister, aims to revitalize the economy and unite the country amid controversies regarding ...

Campaigning for Japan's upper house election started Thursday, with unpopular Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fighting to ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

Though the LDP is not currently facing any scandals, the party may have lost support due to a buildup of distrust toward its political stance and policies.

The momentum for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has stagnated so much that it is hard to believe the party was until quite recently called the “overwhelmingly dominant force in the Diet.” ...

Chinese President Jiang Zemin may turn out to be the biggest beneficiary of the spy plane incident. The diplomatic standoff with the United States could help the 74-year-old Jiang retain his position ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...