Gender rights advocates say this is a step in the right direction but warn conservative opposition may still stall progress ...

A unique system of close co-operation between the ... Party leader Yukio Hatoyama comes from a typical Japanese political dynasty. His grandfather was the founder of the LDP (along with the ...

Throughout his political career ... based on nuclear confrontation between rival alliance systems led by Japan and China. The problem Ishiba will face in 2025 is the very problem that his ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s proposal to fix the flawed political funding system is nothing but a ... the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, position the abolition of corporate ...

The Japanese Communist Party marked the centennial ... Even after the collapse of the so-called 1955 system, a political situation in which the dominant Liberal Democratic Party confronted the ...

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan's fugitive ex-chairman, says he has not fled justice but "escaped injustice and political persecution ... been described as Japan's "hostage justice" system.

Japan, the United States and South Korea have steadily built ... Adding to the uncertainty is the political turmoil in South Korea triggered by Yoon's abrupt but short-lived martial law declaration in ...

says the political system is partly to blame, but says it is also the responsibility of the country's political parties. Japan elects its members of parliament in two ways; 289 members are chosen ...

A revised bill to abolish specific political funds allocated to lawmakers ... Party and opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan struck an agreement Monday to pass the legislation ...

Ishiba is in a far weaker political position than his immediate ... lacks decisive leadership at a time when Japan can ill afford it.