The Liberal Democratic Party’s lopsided victory was not the only record set in the Feb. 8 Lower House election.
Former Cabinet minister Takayuki Kobayashi is the first to officially declare his candidacy in what is expected to be a ...
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi looks to translate her election gains into a new conservative shift
Sanae Takaichi, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections, at the LDP ...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) achieved a stunning victory in the country’s lower house election on 8 February 2026. The LDP won 316 of 465 contested seats — a ...
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and her Liberal Democratic Party secured a supermajority in the February elections, giving her government a solid mandate to pursue its expansionist fiscal ...
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, remain apart over a revision of pacifist Article 9 of the Constitution. On Friday, the two parties kicked ...
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