Japan’s ruling party suffers record low result in Tokyo poll
PM Shigeru Ishiba’s LDP defeated ahead of upper house vote next month
PM Shigeru Ishiba’s LDP defeated ahead of upper house vote next month

Japan’s PM is betting her popularity will translate into votes for a diminished LDP

Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation fires starting gun on leadership race

Sohei Kamiya dismisses LDP as a party that has failed younger generations

Shigeru Ishiba expected to confirm resignation at press conference on Sunday

Sanae Takaichi hopes to convert personal popularity into solid electoral gains for ailing ruling party in expected snap vote

Prime minister’s Liberal Democratic Party gains two-thirds majority in stunning landslide victory