Sohei Kamiya, leader of the Sanseito party, speaks during an election campaign in Tosu, Saga prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 12, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Japan's far-right ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is struggling to rein in the widest financial scandal to hit his long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in more than three decades, raising questions about how long ...

Japan’s ruling party is set to hold a leadership contest on Oct. 4 that will offer all its members the opportunity to vote on how they want to rebrand the ailing party. Pending formal approval by the ...

Japan’s ruling party has stood the test of time, surviving even when expected to fade. But a fresh wave of scandals, heralding record-low public approval ratings, has prompted the conservative Liberal ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and ...

TOKYO: Japan's weakened Liberal Democratic Party is set to begin policy talks on Thursday (Oct 16) with the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) as Sanae Takaichi, the ruling party's new leader, woos an ally ...

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected pro-stimulus leader of Japan’s ruling party, appears set to give key posts to veteran former finance ministers, in a move likely to reassure markets and the party ...

TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, will now help the ...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...

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TOKYO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Influential ruling party lawmaker Hiroshige Seko signalled his abiding preference for an ultra-loose monetary policy on Tuesday, following hawkish comments by Japan's ...