Nippon Ishin (the Japan Innovation Party) lawmaker Kaoru Nishida is suspected of unauthorized use of supporter names in the ...

The Liberal Democratic Party aims to increase annual salaries by about ¥1 million by fiscal 2030 through sustainable wage ...

A government plan to give cash handouts to all individuals in Japan is nothing more than an electioneering scheme that will ...

Local authorities in Tokyo are ramping up efforts to raise voter turnout ahead of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on ...

TOKYO] Japan’s ruling coalition agreed on Tuesday to include a plan to distribute cash handouts in their election campaign ...

TOKYO] Japan’s prime minister announced on Friday (Jun 13) a cash handout of 20,000 yen (S$177.95) for every citizen – ...

Japan's ruling coalition agreed to include a plan to distribute cash handouts in its election campaign pledges to help ...

He has called a snap election to shore up his mandate for policies that include plans to "re-create" ageing Japan by revitalising depopulated rural areas. On the diplomatic front, Ishiba has ...

Social media has rapidly become a force in Japanese politics—shaping public opinion and tipping the scales in national and local elections around Japan. What does this mean for political engagement, ...

People who are employed during election campaigns to rally support for candidates from campaign trucks equipped with loudspeakers have been known as uguisu-jō — meaning “bush warbler ladies ...

The Asahi Shimbun has established new election coverage guidelines and will set up a section for fact-checking, including ...

Trust in the electoral system that underpins democracy could be seriously undermined if campaigns ... election last July, during which a political organization opposed to Japan Broadcasting ...