The race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as head of the Liberal Democratic Party is shaping up as a battle by five lawmakers who ran but lost to him in last year’s election. According to ...

Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi said Thursday he will run in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, days after former LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi threw ...

Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi voiced his intention to run in the Oct. 4 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election during a meeting with supporters in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has settled its lawsuit challenging server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise's all-cash acquisition of Juniper Networks for $14 billion, according to court ...

Japanese farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi is pictured following a meeting with his supporters in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Farm minister ...

TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party may lose its majority in the lower house, according to media polling ahead of the Oct. 27 election, meaning it would likely have to rely on coalition ...

Japan's LDP leadership contest is turning out to be a two-horse race between Sanae Takaichi and Shinjiro Koizumi. Tobias Harris, Founder and Principal of Japan Foresight explains why he believes ...

TOKYO – Japan’s Farm Minister Shinjiro Koizumi intends to run in the next Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election, the Sankei newspaper reported on Sept 12. The LDP will elect a new ...

TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party looks increasingly set to call an early leadership election, according to local media surveys, an outcome that would most likely result in the departure of Prime Minister ...