LDP scrambles for help to stay in power; gripes aired over Ishiba

The Liberal Democratic Party started efforts to secure enough votes in the Diet to name the prime minister and remain in ...

Kobayashi 1st out of the gate in running for LDP presidential post

Former Cabinet minister Takayuki Kobayashi is the first to officially declare his candidacy in what is expected to be a ...
Newsweek

Who Killed the LDP?

If there were obituaries in politics, the following would likely appear in Tokyo in late August: "The Liberal Democratic Party—which ruled the nation for five decades, presiding over its phenomenal ...
Japan Today

Despite PM's solid support, local election may spell trouble for LDP

More than two months after her party's landslide victory in the general election, a series of local election defeats have begun to weigh on ruling party lawmakers despite Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...
Time

What to Know About Japan’s LDP Election—and the Possibility of a First Female Prime Minister

The nine candidates running in the LDP leadership election (left to right): Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary ...
Anadolu Ajansi

Japan's ruling LDP secures more than two-thirds majority in snap elections

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a historic landslide victory secured more than a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives in weekend snap elections, enabling Prime Minister ...
ジャパンタイムズ

LDP to lift election penalty on members involved in slush fund scandal

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will lift an election penalty on members involved in the party’s slush fund scandal, sources have said. In the next general election, the LDP will allow these ...
Cfr.org

What’s Next? Japanese Voters Hand the LDP Yet Another Loss

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on Sunday, the second electoral loss since coming into office last fall.
ジャパンタイムズ

LDP sees difficulty in agreeing on Lower House seat reduction in current Diet session

Shunichi Suzuki, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said during a TV program on Sunday that it is difficult for all parties to agree on the issue of Lower House seats ...
Cfr.org

The LDP Leadership Race: Six More Join, a Field of Nine

Thursday, September 12, marks the official start of the campaign for president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). September has brought six more candidates to the race, creating the largest field ...
The Diplomat

New LDP Leader, Same Old LDP

The LDP’s attempt to get the public behind its presidential election ironically calls attention to the disconnect between party and people. Hirai Takuya, head of the LDP’s public relations department, ...