TOKYO — Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will select the country’s new prime minister on Friday, choosing a successor to Fumio Kishida, who reshaped Japan’s role in the ...

Japan has regular, free and fair elections and is a strong democratic state where political rights and civil liberties are generally well respected, according to Freedom House, a Washington-based ...

Mr. Taniguchi, who was a special adviser to the cabinet of Shinzo Abe when he was prime minister of Japan, wrote from Tokyo. The political dominance of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has been ...

Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, addressed supporters after being elected as the Liberal Democratic Party’s choice for Japan’s next prime minister. Japan’s Parliament will hold a ...