Suspicion of financial mismanagement has spread throughout the LDP, including to Kishida’s own faction, and the firing of five members of the cabinet late last week has failed to stem …
Prosecutors have started questioning Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on a voluntary basis in connection with a political fund scandal involving the LDP’s largest faction, sources familiar with the …
A graft scandal rocking Japan’s ruling party widened on Tuesday with a faction within the LDP headed until recently by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reportedly now also implicated. Prosecutors are …
The most immediate threat is another recession. The 2.1 per cent contraction in the July-September period year on year comes as China’s economy slows and elevated US bond yields send …
With his support levels already slipping over a raft of other challenges, the renewed attack on the government’s handling of the Games is the last thing Kishida needs, analysts say. …
“For people seeking to change from a man to a woman, the latest decision has no benefits,” said Marina Kurashina, vice-head of the General Incorporated Association Japan People with Gender …
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost a special election over the weekend and barely scraped out a victory in another, in a fresh setback for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose …