A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains in the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. Japan’s relatively new ...

After decades of near-continuous rule, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is now governing as a minority under a more ideologically polarised leadership. A new era of fragmented, negotiated politics is ...

As an election to Japan’s House of Councillors – the upper house of the Diet – nears, political campaign season is underway. In Tokyo, candidates, donning a white sash and gloves, wait outside train ...

Sanae Takaichi's victory in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election marks a win for the conservative-nationalist wing, but underscores the party’s weakness and loss of public ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on views of elected officials and political reform in 25 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and ...