Democratic Party Of Japan

Japan elections: As campaigning ramps up, here are the stakes

The leader of the largest opposition party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, asked if people were better off two years after Abe took office in December 2012.

Ahead of Japan elections, Abe's party takes lead in opinion polls

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party showed a strong lead in opinion polls released on Monday ahead of Japan's general election next month, despite a majority of respondents giving a thumbs down to his economic blitz.

As Japan heads for polls, PM Shinzo Abe's support at lowest ever

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is at its lowest since he took office and more than a third of voters think his economic policies have failed, a survey showed on Friday, the day he is set to dissolve parliament and call a snap election.

Japan's voters and their question for Abe: Why call for polls now?

Abe took office pledging to reboot Japan's economy with hyper-easy monetary policy, spending and reform.

Dozens quit Japan's ruling party in blow to PM

A powerful member of Japan's ruling party and dozens of his followers have decided to quit the group and will likely form their own rival bloc, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

Not so popular or powerful: Japan PM faces many feuds

Noda was not the most popular of the candidates with the public nor did he have the strongest support base inside the party, which remains divided by personal feuds and policy disputes two years after sweeping to power with promises to change how Japan is governed.