Taro Aso, an outspoken conservative who has advocated a return to old-style government spending to stimulate Japan's economy, was chosen Monday by the governing Liberal Democratic Party to become the nation's next prime minister. Mr. Aso, a former foreign minister, won two-thirds of the vote for the presidency of the party, easily beating four...

Barack Obama accused his opponents of trying to put lipstick on a pig, and some people here are saying that Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party is trying to do much the same thing. The party, which has governed Japan for a half century, would seem to have departed drastically from back-room politics as usual. As it prepares to choose the...
A week after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's abrupt resignation plunged Japan into political turmoil, the governing Liberal Democratic Party appears to be caught in a rare free-for-all, with five candidates vying for party leader and prime minister. But it is a matter of debate here whether it is a true contest or a fracas staged to pump up the...
thumb|Yasuo Fukuda 2008.
Yasuo Fukuda (japansk: 福田康夫 = Fukuda Yasuo), født 16. juli 1936) er en tidligere japansk premierminister.