The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat in Sunday’s Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, which is seen as a ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun Shinji Inoue, head of the LDP's Tokyo chapter stares at the election results with a stern expression at party headquarters in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday. Jiji Press 10:07 JST, ...

Tokyo, June 19 (Jiji Press)--The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has most support among voters ahead of this s… ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party unveiled its campaign promises for the upcoming Upper House election Thursday, focusing on cash handouts of ¥20,000 ($137) for everyone and ¥40,000 for ...

Compared to the previous poll conducted between May 16-18, support for the LDP, the largest party in the assembly, increased to 2 points, maintaining its lead. Support for Tomin First no Kai rose 3 ...

The handout would be ¥20,000 per person and an additional ¥20,000 would be added on top of that per child or low-income earner, Ishiba said.

The LDP has historically been one of the democratic world's most successful parties, a one-size-fits-all electoral machine in power for all but four of the last 69 years.

If the LDP loses and Ishiba resigns, some polls suggest that his likely successor is Takaichi Sanae, a conservative favorite and the runner-up in the party presidential election that installed ...