Japan’s ruling party named Daishiro Yamagiwa as the new chairman of its group that promotes semiconductors, as it sets up a ...

Appointment follows pledge by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of more than ¥10 trillion in fresh public support for chip and ...

The Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan almost without a break since 1955, put up the second-worst result in its ...

The Bank of Japan is unlikely to be deterred from its rate hike cycle despite the ruling LDP losing its lower house majority.

Japanese social media was quick to point out that PM Shigeru Ishiba appeared to doze off during Monday’s vote in parliament ...

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

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has begun policy talks with an opposition party in a bid to seek an agreement on a ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday began ...

Japan's LDP is 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. AFP looks at the history of the Liberal ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces he is stepping down. September 27: The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a ...

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

The Japanese parliament on Monday re-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Shigeru Ishiba as prime minister in a rare runoff ...