LDP leadership Archives

LDP Presidential Election 2018: Takeaways & Things to Watch

The ballots are counted, and it is official: Shinzo Abe has secured a third term as Liberal Democratic Party president. At 553...

While visiting his ancestral home of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture for obon, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made some strong statements about his...

This article is the final part of a three-part series on Tokyo Review. Part I covered the political calendar from September 2018...

Fumio Kishida was long assumed to be Shinzo Abe's heir as prime minister - but now faces a conundrum over whether to...

With a debate over controversial casino legislation and an LDP presidential election looming, Summer 2018 is set to be a busy one...

Japan has no national elections scheduled in 2018, but there is one highly consequential vote on the calendar – the LDP’s internal...

The recent revelation that the Ministry of Finance doctored documents presented for Diet testimony has put the Abe administration in hot water,...

The following is part two of our preview of the LDP’s political landscape in 2018. Today we look ahead to the LDP’s...

The dust has finally settled from the October 2017 Lower House election as the new year begins. There were some notable changes in...