Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito have agreed to form a new political party, their ...

Centrist parliamentary bloc includes ruling party’s former coalition partner and raises risks for PM ahead of expected ...

Komeito pact marks a ‘turning point’ in Japanese politics that could finally end the LDP’s decades-long grip, analysts say.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced at a Jan. 19 press conference that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party would ...

TOKYO -- Japanese political parties are rushing to prepare for a possible snap parliamentary election, including fielding ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, is now set to help the ruling ...

A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains in the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. Russia tries to revive ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), a new political party formed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, ...

By moving early, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi intends to consolidate her leadership, gain popular endorsement for her fiscal ...

Yuta Kato says he is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the streets near his work in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district or distracting ...

Takaichi could seek to capitalize on her popularity by dissolving the lower house and calling an early election. However, ...