The opposition party is looking to raise its seat count in the chamber to 21, which would enable it to independently submit ...

From left, Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President ...

The party’s first-ever seats in the Tokyo legislature come amid scrutiny over its leader’s remarks on gender and overall ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of Japan's small opposition Democratic Party for the People, apologized Wednesday for remarks that ...

Criticized as misogynistic, an opposition leader said his comment that policy is “difficult to understand” for women was ...

English remarks made recently by Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, a Japanese opposition party, ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, apologized for equating stockpiled rice the government is distributing to retailers to “livestock feed.” ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the increasingly popular opposition party in Japan, apologized Saturday for having referred to the government's rice stockpiles as "animal feed," days ...

Opposition chief Yuichiro Tamaki accused of politicising the rice shortage issue amid soaring prices Japan's Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki has drawn the ire of social media ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), commented that stockpiled rice "after a year becomes something fit for animal feed," apparently echoing this ...

Democratic Party for the People head Yuichiro Tamaki has drawn the ire of social media users after he referred to the government's rice stockpiles as "animal feed in a year." Tamaki is apparently ...