The Asahi Shimbun learned that the amount sent by LDP headquarters to each of these branches--20 million yen ($131,200)--is the same as the sum distributed to party candidates who are officially ...

It appears to have been customary for successive Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) governments to distribute expensive gift certificates as "souvenirs" during dinner gatherings hosted by the prime ...

The revelation emerged as incumbent Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba comes under fire for distributing gift certificates worth ¥100,000 ($674) each to rookie LDP lawmakers. The office of another ...

TOKYO: A sense of crisis is building within Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as its status as the ruling party is again in jeopardy after a series of money-related scandals. The LDP has ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s approval ratings have sharply declined amid public outrage over gift certificates he gave to party members, exposing deep-seated resentment toward the ...

As a condition for agreeing to put the bill to the votes, the CDP had demanded that four former senior members of a now-defunct LDP faction once led by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe be ...

At Wednesday’s general meeting of the LDP’s Upper House members, Shoji Nishida said, “Under the current leadership, we can’t fight the Upper House election at all.” He claimed that the ...