The emerging scandal resembles the one in national politics involving slush funds among LDP intraparty factions, including the largest Abe faction, that prosecutors pursued in 2024. The Tokyo ...

LDP supreme adviser Taro Aso, left in the back row, speaks to party Vice-President Yoshihide Suga ahead of a House of Representatives plenary session on March 21, 2025. Former Prime Minister Fumio ...

Among voters without party affiliation, 14 percent picked the LDP in the proportional representation portion of the election, down from 19 percent in the previous election in 2021. The LDP’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

It also says that the party will formulate a Reiwa-era political reform program, with an aim to dispel public distrust of politics created by a high-profile slush funds scandal involving LDP factions.