The move is designed to lower the share of political donations from companies and organizations, which have been subject to ...

The exclusion of lawmakers involved in the slush fund scandal is apparently aimed at avoiding criticism from the opposition ...

The new "butt bin" program aims to reduce the number of cigarette butts discarded on downtown streets and sidewalks.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

LDP offers a 7.27% yield, attractive compared to major indices but lower than many peers. Read more to see my recommendation ...

Moving forward, the ruling and opposition parties must work together to reform and rebuild public trust, aiming for unity.” ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Ishiba, 67, became prime minister of the key U.S. ally on Oct. 1 shortly after he won the leadership race for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has governed Japan almost uninterrupted ...

The main ruling LDP lost 56 seats in the election, though it still has the most of any party, with 191 of the chamber's 465 seats. The ruling coalition of the LDP and its junior partner Komeito ...

Ishiba, the LDP's president, made the statement at the first general meeting of the party's political reform headquarters ...

Japan's ruling (LDP) is considering requesting that the so-called "slush fund lawmakers," who received kickbacks from ...

Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coal ...