Despite the calls, questions remain over whether opposition parties will be able to join hands against the LDP in the next Lower House general election.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party appears to have lost all three seats in Sunday’s parliamentary ...

In the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Nagasaki No. 3 constituency, officials received a grand total of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his governing party’s major defeat in last weekend's by-elections was largely due ...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faced a fresh setback on Monday after his scandal-hit ruling party lost three ...

Japan’s ruling party lost a special election Prime Minister ... The defeats may discourage him from calling a general ...

The conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost the House of Representatives seats for Shimane, Tokyo and Nagasaki to ...

Kishida’s party only fielded its own candidate in Shimane, a conservative stronghold, while the liberal-leaning main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan clinched all three seats ...

The pound was higher on Monday before the Bank of England's policy announcement later this week, while markets took local ...

TOKYO — Japan’s governing party ... may try to bring him down to put a new face ahead of the next general election. Such a move would dash Kishida’s hope for running in the party ...

“The results were extremely severe,” LDP secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi said ... defend its fief in Shimane district, where a by-election was necessitated due to former LDP house ...

Japan’s governing party, Liberal Democratic Party’s Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi speak to reporters at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2024. Japan’s governing ...