The Democratic Party officially launches its leadership race, with the two contenders saddled with the task of reviving a party grappling with an exodus of lawmakers and the sweeping rise of a new political force.
To retake the reins of power, the DP must be ready to offer voters a genuine alternative of the kind Japan hasn't seen in decades.
Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, who plans to run for leadership of the main opposition Democratic Party, is giving off negative signals about working with popular Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. "Koike takes policy positions that are different from ours — for instance on the ...
A revised government-sponsored bill aimed at banning indoor smoking won't include a size threshold for restaurants, sources close to the matter have said, in an effort to avoid clashing with ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who are strongly opposed to banning indoor smoking at ...
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba is the public's top choice as Japan's next leader now that gaffes and scandals have damaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's image, a poll says. According to the poll, conducted by Jiji Press, 18.0 percent of the respondents chose ...
Opposition parties are once again in realignment mode but it remains to be seen whether they can put together a force capable of defeating the LDP.
Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet rebounded 6.7 percentage points in August, to 36.6 percent, after falling below 30 percent the previous month, a Jiji Press survey revealed Thursday. The higher approval rating is believed to be partly due to Abe's Aug. 3 ...
A year since becoming Tokyo governor, Yuriko Koike is riding high. In that time, she has won over voters by successfully portraying herself as an iconoclast battling the "black box" opacity that she says has long pervaded the decision-making process in Tokyo. Her latest accomplishment is ...
If Prime Minister Abe and his party were less beholden to vested interests, his efforts to defeat deflation would gain more traction.
The public has seen the true face of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and doesn't like what it sees.
Seiko Noda, the new minister of internal affairs and communications, says she is ready to challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Liberal Democratic Party's next leadership election in September 2018. Speaking to reporters Thursday, Noda said that she will "certainly run," but as a ...
Move appears to be compromise, bringing former foreign minister one step closer to his widely rumored bid to lead Japan.
