Japan’s ruling party looks increasingly set to call an early leadership election, according to local media surveys, an ...

Japan’s ruling party leadership race kicked off Thursday with the weakened grip of party elders enabling a record number of candidates to enter a wide-open contest to steer the nation through a ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is increasingly unpopular with the public due to a ballooning money scandal involving dubious funding and suspected tax evasion.

Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said on Monday he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his victory in one of the closest ever leadership races for the ruling Liberal ...

Japan's ruling party official and candidate running in the party's leadership race, Sanae Takaichi, on Monday called for deploying "strategic" fiscal spending to support the economy.

Here are some details on how the outcome of the race, to be held on Sept. 27, could affect the timing and pace of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) future interest rate hikes.