In the last two Lower House elections, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan was the top favorite among non-aligned voters, who accounted for 18 percent of all voters ...

What stereotypes do Japanese voters have regarding men and women politicians? Women are extremely underrepresented in Japanese politics, and one possible reason for the underrepresentation is that ...

Japan's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, has struggled to bolster its presence despite its ...

The outlook for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government is likely to hinge on a small opposition party that in an ...

The problems facing ramen vendors - a record number of shop operators are set to go bankrupt this year - reflect a cost-of-living crunch that has become a top issue for voters in Japan’s general ...

The election was called by the LDP’s new leader Shigeru Ishiba before he had been officially sworn in as prime minister The coalition led by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has ...

“I think we [the Japanese] are very conservative,” Miyuki Fujisaki, a 66-year-old voter, told the BBC a few days before the election. “It’s very hard for us to challenge and make a chang ...

Ishiba leads a minority government following a significant election loss in October due to voter anger over his party's financial scandals. “I hope to hold talks with President-elect Trump as early as ...