Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...

The TOPIX had earlier risen due to expectations that Sanae Takaichi, a female dovish candidate, could be elected prime minister (PM); these expectations had also weakened the yen. TOPIX only returned ...

Or - probably once he has failed to form a stable government - it can get rid of him and consider switching to one of the ...

Japan’s October 2024 general election ended in a brutal takedown for the LDP. Having lost the majority it held since 2012, ...

First is whether the administration can withstand internal fissures. The primary reason for the LDP’s loss is the public’s long-standing disdain for its mixture of politics and money. Although the ...

Both the LDP and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the main beneficiary of the election– though ...

After years of relative stability, Japanese politics is about to enter a shaky period after a terrible showing by the LDP.

Voters in Japan have spoken and delivered the loud and clear message to the ruling coalition that they cannot be taken for a ...

Analysts predict a short tenure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with one noting that Japan could return to an era of ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to stay on and stabilize the political situation after the ruling party’s ...

Politics and music are two different worlds. Yet, we find some global leaders taking solace and inspiration in the raw energy ...

An election meant to deliver greater certainty has yielded anything but. The Liberal Democratic Party lost its parliamentary ...