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

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

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

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

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

The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

Kamiya’s Sanseito gains ground with anti-globalism and immigration concerns, shaking up politics dominated by Ishiba’s LDP.

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

A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains ...

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

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