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Japan’s governing party says an internal survey has found that nearly half of its national lawmakers had ties to the Unification Church, in a widening controversy that emerged after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

A top official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday said a party investigation found that 179 of 379 lawmakers had interactions with the Unification Church and 17 received election help.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that the government will relax its border control measures against the novel coronavirus, raising the daily limit on entries to 50,000 people from Sept. 7. During a morning press conference at the Prime Minister's Office, Kishida also apologized for the Liberal Democratic Party's relationship…

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says politicians need to be mindful about their relationship with "problematic" organisations as he apologies for ties to the controversial South Korean church.

Church has been in the spotlight since the shooting of Abe Shinzo, but Fumio Kishida insists no relationship exists between the LDP and the group

The shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had a major impact on the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. As president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida is doing his best to keep the party's Abe faction in line so that the government can run smoothly.

Komeito will begin full-scale discussions this week ahead of revisions to three documents related to defense matters, including the National Security Strategy.

Young voters appear to be distancing themselves from the ruling party, according to data from exit polls jointly conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun and Nippon TV networks in lower and upper house elections over the past 10 years.

Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war criminals