The LDP secured 261 seats on its own in the 465-member house, a comfortable margin over the 233 seat parliamentary majority benchmark, even without its primary...
Voters gave fewer seats to the Japan Communist Party, which wants to dissolve the imperial system, the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.
Narrowing the income gap is important, but the virtuous cycle of growth and distribution can be achieved only if a pie exists for distribution.
The Hiroshima native, elected by an overwhelming majority in both houses of the National Diet, also vows to continue the Abe administration foreign policy initiatives.
The new LDP president won a decisive victory in a four-way race for the job and a strong chance to lead the country following the election...
The winner in the election for Liberal Democratic Party will also lead the nation. Here’s how they would continue or change Japan.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, which saw Yoshihide Suga elected in a landslide victory of 377 votes out of 534, took place in Tokyo...
Reviewed by J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. JAPAN Forward readers know Colin P.A. Jones as the Canadian lawyer and Doshisha professor...
The international community, especially Western countries, are casting a stern eye on the suppression of Tibetan and Uyghur human rights in China, the world’s second...
Shinzo Abe became Japan’s longest-serving top political leader in the nation’s post-war history on November 20, having served for a total of 2,887 days. What...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is wavering on his strategy in the international community. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democratic Party with its strong support base has...
Former Abe Cabinet advisor Koko Kato left the Prime Minister’s Office and took on new duties as the executive director of the NPO, the...
