About two-thirds of all candidates running in the Feb. 8 Lower House election support Japan strengthening its defense ...

Please judge whether I am qualified as prime minister, fellow voters.” This single phrase, repeatedly emphasized by Sanae ...

Japan's new leader enjoys support among younger voters but wants to consolidate her position in an election that will decide ...

Momentum for political reform in Japan is faltering as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sidesteps the topic in her campaigning ...

Japanese are voting on issues ranging from cost of living to constitutional reform.

Expectant mothers rarely enter national politics; only a handful have run in local elections over the years. Many point to rampant workplace discrimination against young mothers. There is even a ...

Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is seeking to secure her grip on power in a national election on Sunday, with polls suggesting a big win for her conservative party. Here are some ...

Japan lowered the voting age to 18 from 20 in 2016, but turnout among teenage voters has tended to be lower than in other age ...

53.85 percent - Voter turnout in the 2024 lower house election that deprived the then ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito ...

Camp Kengun serves as the headquarters for Japan’s western forces that oversee the country’s long southern island chain that ...

Japan goes to the polls again on Feb. 8, the second snap election in a row for Japan. Incumbent Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as ...