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

TOKYO -- Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s Aso faction were passed off-the-books cash collected at fundraising events through 2017, a top faction official and others have ...

Uncredited Japan's Prime Minister and head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba attends a campaigning for a parliamentary election in Mito, north of Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is increasingly unpopular with the public due to a ballooning money scandal involving dubious funding and suspected tax evasion.

The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support for his weeks-old government, faces its toughest challenge in decades in Sunday’s ...

The main opposition is the liberal-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, but the party has struggled to build momentum despite the LDP scandals.

The main opposition is the liberal-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, but the party has struggled to build momentum despite the LDP scandals.

The 1955 system The LDP was formed in 1955 by the merger of two major conservative parties: the Liberal Party and the Japan Democratic Party, just as leftwing groups formed the Socialist Party.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support, faces its toughest challenge in more than a decade in Sunday’s ...