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A year ago, the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) landslide victory in the Lower House election ushered in euphoric predictions of bold new policies and even a transformation of the Japanese political ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: The Transformation of Japanese Politics and New Japan-Taiwan Relations
Ishiba Shigeru last month won the race to become the next Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president, and thus the next prime minister of Japan. His ascendancy marked a major break. For more than 20 ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Japan’s 2026 Election: Immigration Reform
The last two elections proved the LDP had fallen out of favor with Japan’s voters, and Takaichi is betting that she can repair that erosion of confidence in her party. The 2024 Lower House election ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Constraint and uncertainty ahead for Japanese politics
Japan entered 2026 facing a breakdown of its long-standing LDP-dominated governance model. A fragmented coalition and weakened bureaucratic authority characterise Japan’s current constrained political ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Japan’s Political Paradox: Why Young Liberals Backed a Conservative Landslide
The February 2026 lower house election in Japan resulted in a landslide victory for the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The LDP secured 316 of the 465 contested seats, achieving a ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Japanese politics enters its heavy-metal phase
If Japanese politics had a soundtrack, it would long have been quiet, calm, ambient music. But with the selection of Takaichi Sanae as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on October ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Japan’s politics is entering a messy new era
THE DEBUT on TikTok by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japan’s long-time ruling party, lacked what young people might call “rizz”. Released last month, the 44-second video features Ishiba Shigeru, ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Young Voters Are Pulling Japan to the Right. But How Far?
Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo The surging ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: Does Takaichi’s victory herald a new age for women in Japan’s politics?
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won the general election on 8 February 2026 in the biggest win for any Japanese party since the LDP’s formation in 1955. It captured 316 seats in the Diet’s ...
News Japan » Kinki » Politics: A man's world: Japan makes tepid push on gender gap in politics as election nears
Japan's female lawmakers struggle to close gender gap Election will see record number of female candidates Ruling LDP has promised to boost female representation Female lawmakers say gender gap ...