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Breaking down the LDP’s punishing defeat

Michael Macarthur Bosack

On Tuesday, the nation's newly minted prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, formed his first Cabinet, and like the Liberal Democratic Party leadership...

Last Friday, members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party chose its next leader and, by extension, the next prime minister — and for the first...

Come October, Japan will a have a new prime minister, and that person will be from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Those points are...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday made a surprise announcement that he would not be seeking reelection in next month's Liberal Democratic...