LDP starts process to field candidates for snap election

The Liberal Democratic Party has instructed its prefectural chapters to prepare lists of candidates seeking party endorsement ...
World Socialist Web Site

Japan’s LDP suffers electoral defeat for only the third time since 1955

Sunday’s parliamentary election in Japan for the lower house of the Diet has resulted in a stunning setback for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). With its ally Komeito, it failed to win a ...
The Japan Times

LDP executives go on standby amid reports of imminent snap election

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reportedly conveyed to a party executive her plan to dissolve the Lower House at the start ...

Japan's ruling LDP eyes Lower House dissolution on Jan. 23

A growing number of Japan's main governing Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers expect Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to ...

LDP’s push to bring DPP into ruling coalition faces obstacles

The Liberal Democratic Party, aiming to stabilize its governing base, is stepping up overtures to the opposition Democratic ...
East Asia Forum

Why LDP factions still matter for Abe

Shinzo Abe has already become the third longest-serving prime minister in post-war Japan. He will be seeking a third three-year term as Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president in September 2018 and ...
Yahoo

Japan's ruling LDP loses majority in snap election

Japan's longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its governing partner, Komeito, lost their majority in the lower house of parliament in snap elections Sunday, striking a blow to new Prime ...
Japan Today

LDP-JIP bloc may try to court individual lawmakers to gain Diet majority

Japan's newly launched ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, still short of a parliamentary majority, may try to draw independents and lawmakers from other ...