The minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to quickly decide on how to respond to the ...

Japanese politics has reached a major turning point. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito suffered a crushing ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office, despite exit polls indicating that his Liberal ...

The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority in the Upper House election on July 20, ...

In Japan’s July 20 House of Councillors election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest political party in Japan, ...

Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house in Sunday’s vote.

To stand forever with common citizens.” Our party has faithfully abided by that founding principle for over six decades ...

In the July 20 Upper House election for Fukuoka’s three-seat district, Masaji Matsuyama (LDP, incumbent) topped the poll ...

On July 6, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito ruling coalition in Japan took another tentative step toward easing defense equipment export rules. A working group comprised of LDP and ...

Komeito in 2001 submitted a proposal for a dual-surname system. While it had subsequently discussed the issue internally, Komeito decided not to consolidate a party consensus, ...

Japan should continue its subsidy programmes for utility and fuel expenses for a while, Keiichi Ishii, the leader of the junior ruling bloc partner Komeito party, said on Thursday.

The Komeito called for blanket 100,000 yen cash payouts to children aged 18 or younger as part of the package, while LDP officials wanted to set an income cap. As a compromise, ...