Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and other party lawmakers and candidates have raised concerns about Chinese buying up land and ...

The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

Following similar trends overseas, several Japanese political parties are announcing tougher regulations against foreigners ...

U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...

Listen to this article Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s position is becoming more precarious, primarily due to a prominent political funding scandal within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan – A 19-year-old Japanese college student joined others casting a historic first ballot at a polling station earlier this week. Then he wondered if he had spent enough time ...

Datawatch Japan LDP's big win belies falling popularity among young voters. Less than 40% of voters below 30 back the party, down 3.5 points from 2019 ...

Young Voters Actively Support the Political Status Quo. Under a revision of the Public Offices Election Act that came into effect in June 2016, the voting age in Japan was lowered from 20 to 18 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's support among young voters is decreasing, putting his tenure at risk despite efforts to appeal to this demographic with promises of unprecedented efforts to ...

Japanese voters are participating in a crucial upper house election that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Extremely low voter turnout is a major issue in Japan. For example, voter turnout for Japan's recent Lower House election held on December 17, 2014 — in which voters had a say about who the prime ...