Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, earned the most among leaders of ...

The three being targeted are Senators John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan and Angus King, an independent who caucuses with ...

Although the JIP positions seat reductions as an absolute condition for the coalition, there are still cautious voices within ...

The 43-day government shutdown has exposed the intensifying battle between progressives and centrists over the direction of the Democratic Party in 2026 and beyond, an ideological struggle that could ...

TOKYO -- Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and ...

Political parties are given different amounts of time to question the prime minister depending on the number of seats ...

TOKYO -- Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...

Haruo Tsukamoto, 74, is facing what he calls the hardest political choice of his life: who he should vote for to become Japan’s next prime minister, and whether he should keep backing the party he has ...

TOKYO — Japan's long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader on Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and ...