The average age of people who won seats in Sunday's Lower House election was 54.7 years old, slightly younger than in the previous Lower House election in 2024 when the average age was 55.6. Six ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has secured a sweeping victory in Sunday’s snap lower house elections, according to preliminary results cited by ...

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday (February 8, 2026), Japanese media reported, citing preliminary ...

Japan's influential business lobbies on Sunday welcomed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's securing of a majority in the day's House of Representatives election. Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of the ...

Japanese house design has been a fixation of the West since the early 20th century. From Charles Rennie Mackintosh to Frank Lloyd Wright and the Bauhaus and beyond, the country’s housing stock showed ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China. By Javier C. Hernández River Akira Davis Kiuko Notoya and Hisako ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said her priority would be to strengthen the US-Japan alliance. She had called the snap election in January to secure a stronger mandate in parliament. Japan's ...

TOKYO -- Japan's ruling coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party is poised to win more than 300 of the 465 seats in this coming Sunday's lower house election, ...

Japanese Prime Minister and head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi, center, waves to the audience during a joint campaign rally with Japan Innovation Party in Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2026, ...

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely to increase seats and gain a majority in the Lower House in a general election on Feb 8, a preliminary survey ...