Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved Parliament. A snap election is set for February 8. Takaichi seeks to boost her governin...

Japan's ruling LDP is holding a pivotal vote to select its new leader, potentially making history with the nation's first woman prime minis...

Japan faces a leadership transition as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to resign amidst the LDP's loss of parliamentary majorities. Th...

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the first such loss f...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a dominant political player for decades, failed to secure a majority in recent snap elections for t...

Japan election results 2024 have shown Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition is losing majority, according to reports.

Exit polls indicate Japan's ruling coalition might not secure a parliamentary majority, heightening uncertainty in the government. The Libe...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to choose between former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba and hawkish Sanae Takaichi as the n...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced his resignation, triggering a contest among Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidates. Scand...

Japan mourned the killing of former premier Shinzo Abe on Monday even as the ruling party that he had dominated secured an election win by ...

Abe, Japan's longest-serving modern leader, was gunned down on Friday during a campaign speech in the western city of Nara in a killing tha...

The LDP-Komeito coalition was projected to win 239 to 288 seats in the lower house, more than the 233 needed for a majority, NHK said. The ...

The coalition is expected to remain in power, but the focus is on whether the Liberal Democratic Party can retain a majority by itself.

Suga, 71, who has said he would pursue Abe's key economic and foreign policies, won 377 votes out of 534 votes cast, and 535 possible votes...

While some other would-be successors have declared their intention to run, the 71-year-old Suga has said he doesn't want the job. But such ...

Japan's conservative Taro Aso is all set to succeed prime minister Yasuo Fukuda amid economic uncertainty faced by the world's second large...

Yuriko Koike emerged on Wednesday as a possible contender to be Japan's first female prime minister, with heavyweights in the ailing ruling...