Likewise, Japanese voters in October punished the Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed the country nearly without ...

In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on ...

Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they've been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been called the ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives his first policy speech at ... However, the ruling coalition of the Liberal ...

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, whom lawmakers voted to keep in office Monday despite his party’s dismal recent election showing, has vowed to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.

TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged to take tougher measures ... a major loss in the polls last month by ...

The Liberal ... dozens of party members. In September, former prime minister Fumio Kishida stepped down in no small part because of the scandals. His successor, Shigeru Ishiba, took office on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party ... repeated financial scandals that have hit the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan nearly without interruption ...