TOKYO: Voting kicked off on Sunday (Jun 22) for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, a poll seen as a key barometer of public sentiment towards the central government, which has been struggling with low ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito party failed to win a combined majority in Sunday's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ...

FILE - Candidates of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, from left, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi, ...

Voters in Tokyo knocked Japan’s ruling party from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, results showed yesterday, a warning sign for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ...

Shinji Ishimaru, the surprise runner-up in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, announced on Nov. 12 that he plans to keep the momentum going by forming a regional political party. The party's candidates ...

Voters in Tokyo knocked Japan's ruling party from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, results showed Monday, a warning sign for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's unpopular government ...