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Japanese PM Kishida's LDP faces defeat in by-elections due to corruption scandal backlash, impacting leadership and public support.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party appears to have lost all three seats in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet approval rating has recovered to the 50% level for the first time in eight months.

Shinji Yoshida of the Liberal Democratic Party is leading the field for this Sunday's House of Representatives by-election in Yamaguchi Constituency No. 4, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun's analysis of its reportage and a telephone survey.

Campaigning for by-elections to fill four House of Representative seats officially kicked off Tuesday.

The Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday held a dialogue with young people on revising the Constitution, in order to build momentum for the issue ahead of a party convention.

Ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday harshly criticized minor parties Reiwa Shinsengumi and the NHK Party over their handling of Diet seats.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has shifted his position on an aspect of the Unification Church issue in a bid to deflect criticism that the government has not done enough to clear up the matter. However, following a rapid succession of shifts, Kishida's approach could be doing him more harm than…

As the extraordinary Diet session begins in October, opposition parties will take center stage. They will be questioning Cabinet ministers and government officials to keep a harsh spotlight on the deep relations between the religious group known as the Unification Church and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The church is…