The election committee chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) resigned on Monday after the party suffered its ...

The yen/dollar carry trade unwind in August drove market volatility. Political and economic pressures leave the BoJ in a fix.

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

The LDP was the primary political force from 1955 up through the 1990s; now that its sole majority control of the lower house is gone, it feels like the dawning of a new political era marking the ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan suffered a crushing defeat in Sunday’s Lower House elections. After the LDP with 247 seats in the lower chamber of the Diet lost 56 seats in this election, ...

The political whiplash dominating Tokyo this week is being felt with particular intensity at Bank of Japan headquarters. There, Governor Kazuo Ueda is preparing for an October 30-31 policy meeting ...

The LDP's subsidies are expected to total ¥15.65 billion ($102 million) for the year, after the number of the party's seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament ...

TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its ruling coalition partner lost their majority in a general election on Sunday, throwing the make-up of the next government ...

especially a tax break for part-time workers, his party’s top policy item. DPP’s Secretary General Kazuya Shimba will meet with his LDP counterpart, Hiroshi Moriyama.

Japan's former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi leaves after speaking to the media at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) headquarters on October 27, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. Takashi Aoyama ...

Even adding the Buddhist-backed Komeito party, which has partnered with the LDP for a quarter century, Sunday's showing failed to meet Ishiba’s goal of retaining a majority in the 465-seat chamber.