ShinzoAbe,leaderoftheLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP),wasre-electedasJapan'sprimeministeronNovember1inbothchambersofparliament,andhisfourthcabinetisnowservingthecoun
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe’srulingblocscoredabigwininSunday’selection,bolsteringhischanceofbecomingthenation’slongest-servingpremierandre-energizinghispusht
TokyoGovernorYurikoKoikesaidonSundayhernewpartyaimstooffervotersa“middleofthefairway”choice,seekingtodifferentiatehergroupfromrulingconservativeLiberalDemocrati
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeofficiallycalledforanearlyelectiononSeptember25anddissolvedparliament’slowerhouseonThursday.AnalystssaythatAbehascalledtheelection
Japan’slowerhousewasdissolvedonThursdayaheadofanexpectedsnapOct.22electionbeingcalledbyPrimeMinisterShinzoAbe,asheseekstoconfirmhismandateinthefacearisingchalle
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeannouncedonMondayhisplantodisbandthelowerhouseforasnapelectionwhentheextraordinaryDietconvenesonThursday,inamovethatobserversdescr
TokyoGovernorYurikoKoikeonMondaysaidshewillleadanewnationalpartythatwillchallengePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'srulingLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)inageneralelectionexpe
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'sapprovalratingslightlyreboundedonedayafterhereshuffledhisCabinetonThursday,thethirdreshufflesincehereturnedtopowerin2012,accordi
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday and tapped Taro Kono, former minister for administrative reform, as foreign minister.
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbereshuffledhisCabinetandtheleadershipoftheLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)onThursdayandtappedTaroKono,formerministerforadministrativere
JapaneseDefenseMinisterTomomiInadaresignedonFridayfollowingweeksofscandalthatincludedtheallegedwithholdingofinternaldocuments,especiallythoseonthedailyactivitie
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbewillreshufflehiscabinetandpartyleadersearlynextmonth,movingtoshoreuphisworstlevelsofpopularsupportsincereturningtopowerin2012,foll
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he will work to regain public trust after his party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the nation's capital, signaling trouble ahead for the premier amid tumbling support rates.
TherulingLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)sufferinganhistoricclobberingagainstnewly-formedTokyoGovernorYurikoKoike'sTominFirstnoKai(TokyoitesFirstparty)intheTokyometr
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbesaidonMondayhewillworktoregainpublictrustafterhispartysufferedanhistoricdefeatinanelectioninthenation'scapital,signalingtroubleahe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a historical defeat in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, as Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's new party and its allies scored a sweeping victory.
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'srulingLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)sufferedahistoricaldefeatinSunday'sTokyometropolitanassemblyelection,asTokyoGovernorYurikoKoike