Campaigning for the House of Councillors election began Thursday and will continue until the day before the polls open on July 20. Economic measures to counter prolonged high prices will be a key ...

Campaigning officially started on July 3 for an Upper House election that could further upend the power structure in Japanese ...

The SDP exists to prevent people from starving and the country from going into war, said party leader Mizuho Fukushima.

English remarks made recently by Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, a Japanese opposition party, about female voters, are creating a stir. When ...

Fifth place went to Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, with ¥11.03 million, followed by Reiwa Shinsengumi head Taro Yamamoto, with ¥8.07 million.

Mizuho Fukushima (right), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, gives a speech at the southeast exit of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Oct 13, accompanied by Natsuki Sakurai, an SDP ...

TOKYO -- On May 1, International Workers' Day, rallies and gatherings by labor unions were held at a number of places in Japan's capital.

During a Diet session last week, Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced it had broadened a directive initially sent to all penal institutions in 2014 that effectively bans the use of restraints ...

The SDP reportedly discussed the issue at its national meeting on Jan. 23 and decided to urgently submit a written request by Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the party.

Mizuho Fukushima, the leader of the Japanese Social Democratic Party (SDP), revealed to the Global Times in a written interview that, during her trip in China from Thursday to Saturday, she wants ...