Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he will make a quick decision on the lineup of his new cabinet after Sunday's election, which saw a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its small Komeito partner.
Banri Kaieda, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), decided on Monday to quit over the party's failure in Sunday's general election.
Official campaigning for Japan's general election kicked off Tuesday, with over 1,180 candidates running for the 475-seat House of Representatives, or the lower house, in the country's bicameral parliament, but the result may disappoint voters as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may secure an unpopular victory due to a divided opposition camp and a twisted electoral system.
Wheels have been set in motion to make history in Sri Lanka after incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for snap presidential elections on Jan. 8 and sought a third term.
Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 2013 Upper House vote was held "in a state of unconstitutionality"due to the disparity in the weight of individual votes across different constituencies.
Japan's DPJ unveils Japan's main opposition party unveiled Monday its manifesto for the upcoming general election, with focus being put on challenging "Abenomics" and retracting a cabinet bill granted exercise of rights to collective self-defense.
The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a resolution to dissolve the parliament's lower house later in the day and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call a snap general election slated for Dec. 14.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to announce the postponement of the planned sales tax hike and call a lower house election on Dec. 14 on Tuesday, local media reported citing ruling coalition official as saying.
Brazil on Friday arrested at least 18 people linked with a corruption scheme of state oil giant Petrobras, the federal police said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is mulling to dissolve the House of Representatives, or the lower house in the bicameral Diet, and call an election by the end of this year in efforts to address sales tax hike issue, according to local reports Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday applauded the election for a new parliament in Tunisia, calling it "an important milestone" in the North African country's political transition.
The Hong Kong government on Tuesday held the first formal talks with student leaders speaking for sit-in protesters to find a peaceful way to end the Occupy Central movement which started on Sept. 28.
Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) has pledged a free and fair general election in 2015, calling on political parties, civil society organizations and international aid groups to cooperate for the upcoming event, according to the commission Tuesday.
Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Sunday inked a power-sharing agreement for a national unity government before announcing the election results and thus ending the months-long deadlock.
Bolivian President Evo Morales held a massive rally Sunday in the central city of Cochabamba to win support for his re-election in October.
The lingering process of Afghan presidential elections would last for several more days, if not for weeks or months, as presidential aspirants Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai have failed to reach a power sharing agreement.
Myanmar's Union Election Commission announced here Sunday cancellation of the upcoming second by- election originally scheduled for the end of this year.
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