Liberal Democratic Party
Japanese political party
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| 2024 | In the Japanese general election, the LDP suffered its second-worst result in history, losing its parliamentary majority and securing only 191 seats, largely due to a major slush fund scandal involving 82 lawmakers. |
| 2024 | The Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai faction dissolved due to a slush fund scandal, ending its political organization. |
| 2024 | Fumio Kishida concluded his term as Prime Minister. |
| 2024 | Shigeru Ishiba became LDP president and Prime Minister |
| 2024 | Nearly all LDP factions are dissolved, with only the Shikōkai faction remaining intact. |
| September 27 2024 | Following Ishiba's election victory, the Japanese stock market experienced a sudden drop in response to his economic policies, an event dubbed 'Ishiba Shock'. |
| September 27 2024 | The Liberal Democratic Party held its presidential election with a record nine candidates running, marking the first election after the abolition of most party factions. |
| September 26 2024 | Deadline for party member voting in the LDP presidential election. |
| September 12 2024 | Nomination period closes. Candidates must gather support from twenty LDP MPs to qualify for the first ballot. Official campaign period begins. |
| September 11 2024 | Foreign Minister Yōko Kamikawa declares her candidacy for the party leadership. |
| September 10 2024 | Former Health Minister Katsunobu Katō declares his candidacy for the LDP presidential election. |
| September 9 2024 | Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi declares her candidacy, becoming the first female candidate to formally enter the race. |
| September 6 2024 | Former Environment Minister Shinjirō Koizumi declares his candidacy for the LDP presidential election. |
| September 4 2024 | LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi announces his candidacy for the party leadership. |
| September 3 2024 | Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi declares his campaign, his second party leadership campaign. |
| August 26 2024 | Digital Minister Taro Kono announces his campaign, which is his third party leadership campaign. |
| August 24 2024 | Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba declares his candidacy, marking his fifth party leadership campaign. |
| August 19 2024 | Former Economic Security Minister Takayuki Kobayashi becomes the first candidate to announce his candidacy for the LDP presidential election. |
| August 10 2024 | Taro Kono again conveys his intention to run for the LDP presidency to Taro Aso, stating he would run with or without Aso's support. |
| July 24 2024 | Seiko Noda meets with party officials to discuss her potential candidacy for the LDP presidency. |
| July 2 2024 | Yukan Fuji reports that Shinjirō Koizumi may be preparing to run for LDP president, with Koizumi stating he is 'carefully considering' a run. |
| June 30 2024 | Asahi Shimbun reports that Sanae Takaichi has decided to run for the LDP presidential election, which she subsequently denies on Twitter. |
| June 28 2024 | Shigeru Ishiba informs his political allies of his intentions to run for the LDP presidency and begins making 'concrete arrangements'. |
| June 26 2024 | Taro Kono conveys his desire to run for the LDP presidency to Taro Aso during dinner. |
| June 22 2024 | SSRC conducts opinion poll regarding Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, with fieldwork spanning June 22-23. The poll shows 63% support for electing a new Prime Minister, compared to 8% who prefer Kishida to continue in his current role. |
| June 18 2024 | Sanae Takaichi announces she will publish a book on economic security titled 'Japan's Economic Security', potentially serving as an early campaign manifesto for her presidential run. |
| January 2024 | Four major factions and one minor faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) announced their dissolution in response to the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal, marking a significant internal political restructuring. |
| January 19 2024 | The Shisuikai faction officially dissolved after being implicated in a slush fund scandal, ending its political influence within the Liberal Democratic Party. |
| January 19 2024 | The Seiwa faction officially announced its dissolution. |
| January 18 2024 | Three LDP factions (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Shisuikai, and Kōchikai) announced their dissolution following a campaign funds scandal involving ¥600 million in misreported funds. |
| January 18 2024 | The Kōchikai faction dissolved due to being implicated in a slush fund scandal. |
| January 7 2024 | First arrests were made in the slush fund scandal, with former deputy minister of education Yoshitaki Ikeda and his assistant Kazuhiro Kakinuma being accused of concealing ¥48 million earned by the Seiwakai between 2018 and 2022. Ikeda was subsequently expelled from the LDP. |
| 2023 | Ken Saito becomes Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| December 2023 | Allegations emerged of an illegal slush fund created by faction members, leading to the removal of all faction members from the cabinet. |
| December 22 2023 | Kishida's approval ratings further declined to 17%, indicating severe political challenges for his leadership. |
| December 18 2023 | A Mainichi Shimbun poll revealed 79% of respondents disapproved of Kishida's performance, marking the highest disapproval rate since the end of World War II. |
| December 13 2023 | Prime Minister Kishida's approval ratings dropped to a historic low of 23%, the lowest for any Prime Minister since the LDP's return to power in 2012. |
| December 13 2023 | Prime Minister Kishida dismissed several key cabinet members, including Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Junji Suzuki, and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Ichiro Miyashita, all from the Seiwakai faction, in response to the campaign funds scandal. |
| December 7 2023 | Kishida announced his resignation as leader of the Kōchikai faction, which he had led since 2012, due to the ongoing scandal. |
| September 13 2023 | Kishida performed another cabinet reshuffle, notably including a high proportion of women and incorporating members from opposing factions like Taro Kono and Toshimitsu Motegi in key roles, in response to declining public support. |
| June 23 2023 | Former Prime Minister Suga called for Kishida's resignation, warning that the party would lose power if the current situation continued. |
| 2022 | Shinzo Abe was assassinated, after which the faction was run under collective leadership. |
| August 10 2022 | Prime Minister Kishida conducted a cabinet reshuffle to remove ministers associated with the Unification Church in an attempt to restore public trust in his government. |
| 2021 | Seiko Noda serves as Minister-in-charge of Measures against Declining Birthrate |
| 2021 | Nobuteru Ishihara lost his seat in the general election, marking a significant decline in the faction's political standing. |
| 2021 | Toshihiro Nikai stepped down from his position as LDP Secretary General, marking a significant change in leadership for the Shisuikai faction. |
| 2021 | Fumio Kishida became Prime Minister of Japan. |
| 2021 | Ishiba's faction experienced a decrease in members after the Lower House election, downgrading from a formal faction to a less structured 'group' with 12 members |
| 2021 | Taro Kono runs as an LDP leadership candidate. Akira Amari loses his constituency seat but retains a proportional block seat. |
| November 11 2021 | Shinzo Abe became the leader of the Seiwa faction, replacing Hiroyuki Hosoda. |
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