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

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.

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

Right-wing populist political party Sanseito campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform and significantly increased its ...

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election. Sanseito ...

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

Opposition party Sanseito, which espouses “Japanese First” policies and spouts anti-immigrant rhetoric, made a strong showing ...

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