These and other promises LDP made during the campaign are certain to provoke more anti-Japanese ire in China and South Korea, which are also locked in a dispute over a separate set of rocky islets in ...

It also announced that 20,584,847 voters cast their ballots early. The figure represents 19.49 percent of all voters and a decrease of 795,120 in comparison with four years ago. As of Oct.

Frustrations - Voters have also been rankled by rising prices ... The LDP's election drubbing "was a result of people across ...

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 ...

In a global year of elections, Japan’s long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has suffered its second-worst result on record. The snap poll on October 27 was intended to secure the mandate ...

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

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 ...