Liberal Democrat Party

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  From Beginnings To Losing Power: All About Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

  Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is a huge electoral machine that has governed the nation for all but four years since its founding 70 years ago.

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  Explained: Why Japan's Coalition Collapsed, What Happens Next?

  Japan's ruling coalition collapsed on Friday after its junior partner, Komeito, quit, raising doubts about whether conservative Sanae Takaichi will become the country's first woman prime minister.

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  Drums, Bikes And Conservatism: The Making Of Japan's First Woman PM

  Sanae Takaichi has been elected as the head of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), placing her in line to become the nation's first woman prime minister.

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  Meet The 5 Candidates Competing To Be Japan's Next Prime Minister

  Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and regain public support for the struggling party to stay in power.

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  Why Japan's Ruling Party, In Power For Decades, Is Now Facing Collapse?

  Liberal Democratic Party has dominated Japanese politics for most of the postwar era, and its leader almost always becomes prime minister.

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  Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Rapidly Diminishing PM

  Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.

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  Japan Election Campaigns Kick Off, PM Shigeru Ishiba Seeks To Retain Party's Majority

  Japan Elections: Key issues include price rises, regional security, and disquiet over scandals in Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party.

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  UK's Liberal Democrat Party To Submit No-Confidence Motion In Rishi Sunak Government

  Britain's Liberal Democrat party said on Monday it would submit a parliamentary motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government to force a June general election following heavy losses for the ruling Conservatives in local elections

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  Japan Ruling Party Group Eyes Ban On TikTok, Other Social Networking Apps

  A group of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns.

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  Japanese PM Faces Early Election Test Before National Vote

  Japanese voters decide on Sunday whether to endorse the conservative government or to weaken Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and possibly return the world's third-largest economy to a period of political uncertainty.

• Health-Care Paradox Threatens to Add to Japan’s Debt Problems

  Japanese seniors, who enjoy the longest life expectancy, pay as little as 110 yen ($1) out of pocket for specialist appointments.

• Health-Care Paradox Threatens to Add to Japan’s Debt Problems

  Japanese seniors, who enjoy the longest life expectancy, pay as little as 110 yen ($1) out of pocket for specialist appointments.

• Japan’s Plan to Allow More Foreign Workers Meets Protests

  Abe’s plan calls for creating two classes of foreign workers to serve in about 10 as-yet-unspecified industries.

• How Japan’s Abe Should Spend the Next Three Years

  The country still needs to reform its labor market, deal with an aging population, and press for gender equality.   

• Putin's Party Suffers Rare Losses as Russian Protest Votes Grow

  Candidates from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia beat United Russia incumbents in the Khabarovsk and Vladimir regions.