Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party wants to include discussions on whether the export of lethal weapons to "nations under aggression" should be allowed as part of the proposed easing of ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is easily the most successful political party in the developed capitalist world. While ...

TOKYO — Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, earned the most among leaders of ...

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), listens to a question from a journalist at the LDP headquarters, on the day of Upper House election ...

The top contenders to lead Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will need to collaborate with opposition parties to help make progress on policy and stabilize the LDP’s shaky grip on power. After ...

Haruo Tsukamoto, 74, is facing what he calls the hardest political choice of his life: who he should vote for to become Japan’s next prime minister, and whether he should keep backing the party he has ...

The embattled leader is trying to head off a deep split in his party over a right-wing political surge, a weakened economy and turbulent trade relations with the United States. By River Akira Davis ...

TOKYO -- Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...