Essence of Japan Saga offers the opportunity to experience both ancient and modern Japan. Tour the cities of Tokyo, Kanazawa and Kyoto, visit Owakudani Valley and hot springs, admire Mount Fuji, and ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --In a significant political upset, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party coalition failed to secure the 233 seats required to maintain its majority in the country's lower house in Sunday ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition is certain to lose a majority in the 465-seat Lower House in a key parliamentary election on Sunday (October 27, 2024), Japan’s NHK ...

About 60% of candidates involved in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's "slush fund" scandal lost in Sunday's election of the House of Representatives. Of 46 such candidates, 18, including ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’ s ruling coalition lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, a punishment by voters' outrage over ...

Japan held elections for its lower house on Sunday and although the results are not expected until Monday, analysts said if the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition fails to ...

TOKYO -- Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling camp lost its majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's election, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who must now look for ...

Voters across Japan are having their say. They're deciding which lawmakers will fill the Diet's powerful Lower House. All polling stations are set to close later tonight, by 8 PM. All 465 seats in ...

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station for Japan's lower house election in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae) TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba' s ...