The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

Sanseito's emergence has caught Japan's community of foreign residents by surprise, with the party's anti-foreigner rhetoric causing concern among many Japanese and non-Japanese alike.

What welfare-related policy did the Sanseito party advocate during its campaign for the July 20 House of Councillors election ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future is uncertain but an unlikely campaign for him to stay was growing online this ...

The electoral success reflects a slow shift in attitudes, supported by non-binding legislation that encourages political ...

Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that ...

The minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to quickly decide on how to respond to the ...

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U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with the leaders of seven ruling and opposition parties on Friday at the Diet building, ...

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