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The Liberal Democratic Party elects former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as its new leader. Kishida is expected to become prime minister within days, succeeding Yoshihide Suga.
2021-09-29

Yoshihide Suga wins a ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, paving the way for him to become Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote this week.
2020-09-14

Japanese National Diet member Tsukasa Akimoto of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is arrested for allegedly receiving up to ¥3 million in bribes from a Chinese company interested in setting up a casino in the country.
2019-12-25

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, led by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, wins a clear, but reduced, majority of the seats but falls short on gaining the two-thirds supermajority needed to start the pursued process of amending the constitution.
2019-07-21

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is elected for a third term as President of the Liberal Democratic Party.
2018-09-20

Yuriko Koike, of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) but not their preferred candidate, is elected the Tokyo prefecture's first female governor, replacing Yoichi Masuzoe who resigned last month. The former Minister of Defense defeated the LDP-Komeito ruling coalition's Hiroya Masuda and the opposition bloc's Shuntaro Torigoe. Turnout is over 40 percent.
2016-07-31

Voters in Japan go to the polls with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito partners looking for a two-thirds majority that will allow them to put forward a referendum to change the constitution. The governing parties won 70 of the 121 seats. [http:--www.sbs.com.au-news-article-2016-07-10-voting-starts-japan (AAP via SBS)], [https:--www.bloomberg.com-news-articles-2016-07-10-abe-set-to-win-majority-in-upper-house-election-nhk (Bloomberg)], [http:--www.crossroadstoday.com-story-32409632-japan-coalition-scores-bigger-than-expected-election-win (AP via Crossroads Today)]date=August 2019
2016-07-10

The Liberal Democratic Party wins most of the major local and prefectural contests, including all ten governorships at stake.
2015-04-12

Japanese citizens vote in a general election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner win 325 seats out of 475 and thus a new term.
2014-12-14

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is elected the leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party.
2012-09-26