Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...

Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious ...

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

Birthed on YouTube spreading Covid-19 conspiracy theories, the party broke into mainstream politics with its populist ...

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the ...

The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost ...

The opposition party Sanseito made a strong showing in the July 20 House of Councillors election in both constituency and ...

In a result few predicted, the far-right Sanseito party has come out as one of the main winners in Japan’s upper house ...

Koeda Yoshiyuki, a 51-year-old supporter, called Sanseito “the only party that can truly tackle the big problems Japan faces ...

The success of Japanese right-wing party Sanseito in Sunday’s upper house election has the potential to unnerve global ...