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

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

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

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

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

The success of new political parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite highlights the ...

Sohei Kamiya, a former supermarket manager and English teacher, has created a stir in Japan. His Sanseito (participate in ...

After back-to-back defeats in both houses—a historic first in 70 years for the Liberal Democratic Party—the latest Upper ...

This trend has in recent years fueled the rise of anti-immigrant far-right parties in Europe -- Alternative for Germany (AfD), France's National Rally (RN) and Austria's Freedom Party -- whose ...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after an election debacle left his coalition without a ...

The ruling coalition needs a total of 125 seats for a majority. They already have 75 uncontested seats, but NHK projections ...

Japan’s relatively new Sanseito party won 14 seats in Sunday’s election, a sizable gain for the party. Its platform includes a "Japanese first" agenda.