The LDP’s grudging embrace of TikTok highlights a striking change: Japanese politics is moving into a messy new era. THE DEBUT on TikTok by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Japan’s long ...

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Shigeru Ishiba arrives for a news conference a day after Japan's lower house election, in Tokyo, on Oct. 28. Pool/Getty Images ...

The LDP was expected to win between 212 to 255 seats. That was down sharply from before the election, when the coalition had a two-thirds majority of 305 and the LDP held 276 seats.

Japan’s ruling party loses key election, complicating trade talks The LDP’s loss in the upper house is another blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been struggling to close a trade ...