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 ...

Japan's House of Councillors election is set to be held on July 20, with official campaigning to begin on July 3, after Prime ...

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

On the evening of the election day, people who had gathered in the area around ... “It had been believed that the relationship between the spread of social media and elections in Japan is weak, but ...

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