SEOUL, South Korea — Preliminary tallies in Japan’s snap general election on Sunday ... in light of the fundraising scandal.” Japan, a key U.S. ally, occupies strategic terrain in a region ...

How we did this This Pew Research Center analysis highlights key findings about Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and public attitudes about the country’s democracy ahead of a snap ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called a snap election less than a month ago upon assuming the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for most of its ... government that is ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with his party's ruling coalition falling short of a majority for the first ...

Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, says he will call a snap election on 27 October ... who will remain as chief cabinet secretary — a key role that includes acting as the ...

TOKYO: Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday (Oct 1) unveiled his cabinet as he seeks to heal party divisions and secure a national mandate with an Oct 27 snap election.

Tokyo - Nearly two-thirds of Japanese voters don't understand why Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is calling a snap election next month and about half want ruling and opposition parties to come out evenly ...

TOKYO (Bernama-Anadolu): Japan is heading to a snap general election on Sunday to elect lawmakers to the House of Representatives, the 465-seat lower house of parliament, known locally as the ...

The new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party ... The timing of the lower house dissolution was a key issue in the LDP leadership race. Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi ...

Japan’s incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, signalled continuity this weekend in his early decisions on key posts for his ... he was willing to consider a snap election in the near future ...

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved parliament ... “It makes sense that he wanted to call a snap election as soon as the ‘face’ of the party changed, while the momentum is still there, ...