Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and other leadership candidates, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa ...

The prime minister wants to push forward a significant shift to the right in Japan’s security, immigration and other policies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister contender Sanae Takaichi speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and Hisako ...

Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Shigeru Ishiba as its new president on Friday. As head of the party, he will be installed as the country’s new prime minister at a ...

Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal ...

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister known for his plainspoken opinions, will replace Fumio Kishida next week. By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo The elite power brokers of Japan ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall communication strategy. Japan’s opposition parties are preparing to ramp up ...