Japan's young people, alienated and outnumbered by a graying population, will barely bother to vote in weekend polls after a campaign that excluded social media.
Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a stunning victory in Sunday's election.
Chinese and Japanese aircraft were involved in a standoff in the skies above the Diaoyu Islands on Thursday. 
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Japan's new prime minister will be selected at a special session of the Diet on December 26 at the earliest.
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe is evidently keen to curry favor with the United States ahead of the Dec 16 general election, which may see him become the nation's next prime minister.
Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is expected to hold more than half of seats in the House of Representatives, the latest polls showed.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda literally hit the stump while campaigning for a seat in his country's House of Representatives.
Japanese dismay at domestic political turmoil and gloomy economic prospects were two of the top issues in the country's latest public opinion polls.
Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party kept its clear lead ahead of a December election, opinion polls showed on Monday, with the hawkish Japan Restoration Party led by a nationalist ex-Tokyo governor placing second.
Japanese main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) issued its pre-election pledges on Wednesday, eyeing on 3 percent nominal economic growth.
Japanese former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama decided to give up running the House of Representatives election in December and to retire from politics Wednesday.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, also chief of the Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara announced Saturday in Osaka they have finally agreed to merge their parties ahead of next month's lower house election, with Ishihara as the new leader of the Nippon Ishin no Kai.
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