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

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in office on Monday after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Japan’s ruling party faces major setbacks as Trump’s tariff deadline approaches, threatening the economy and trade relations.

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

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" ...

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

Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP), which has been reeling from ...

TOKYO: With the Liberal Democratic Party likely having performed poorly in Sunday's (July 20) House of Councillors election, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s future is unclear after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its upper ...

The aim of the lengthy campaign—already effectively underway—is to resuscitate the party as a trap for the working class ...