Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

Sunday's election marks the first time the once-proud party has lost a majority in both houses since its foundation in 1955.

A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign in the wake of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s electoral defeat, ...

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

Japan’s elections on Sunday saw the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lose its longstanding majority, while a ...

The LDP’s loss in the upper house is another blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been struggling to close a trade ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his resignation by the end of next month, media said on Wednesday, following a bruising defeat in an upper house election. That step would ...

Japan's upper house election on Sunday dealt a big blow to the ruling coalition and sets markets up for possible policy ...