According to a senior official of the ruling LDP, Yosuke Tsuruho is poised to step down as chairman of the Budget Committee ...

The assemblies of four municipalities on the Noto Peninsula have demanded that ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho step down ...

Anti-inflation measures proposed by the ruling parties look unappealing to voters, with their effect seen as unclear, leaving ...

With the ruling coalition at risk of losing its Upper House majority, the opposition Democratic Party for the People could ...

A heavyweight of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a Chinese vice premier now visiting Japan have discussed China's partial resumption of Japanese seafood imports and other topics.

The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...

An overwhelming percentage of opposition candidates in the Upper House election support a “total ban” on corporate and group donations, but the rate was zero for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal is a simple majority. Half of the 248 seats for six-year terms in the upper ...