Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for allowing the terms of lawmakers to be extended for about a year under a proposed emergency clause as part of efforts to revise the ...

The top government spokesman on April 15 signaled a change of tune regarding a uniformed Self-Defense Forces member singing ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) recently held its first party convention since the launch of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration. The mo･･･ ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party started discussions to revise Japan's national defense policy on Nov. 20 with a focus on ...

Sanae Takaichi, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections, at the LDP ...

The Liberal Democratic Party is worried the Japan Innovation Party's hawkish approach to revising the pacifist clause won't ...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration marks six months in office on April 21. After the historic landslide ...

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and her Liberal Democratic Party secured a supermajority in the February elections, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) achieved a stunning victory in the country’s lower house election on 8 February 2026. The LDP won 316 of 465 contested seats — a ...

Since 2022, a series of scandals – notably those related to the Unification Church and political funding – has damaged the reputation of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has dominated ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, remain apart over a revision of pacifist Article 9 of the Constitution. On Friday, the two parties kicked ...