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

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’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in the upper house of the National Diet, ...

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

The coalition government led by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has suffered a significant defeat, losing its grip on ...

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

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

Birthed on YouTube spreading Covid-19 conspiracy theories, the party broke into mainstream politics with its populist ...

The opposition party Sanseito made a strong showing in the July 20 House of Councillors election in both constituency and ...

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

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

Koeda Yoshiyuki, a 51-year-old supporter, called Sanseito “the only party that can truly tackle the big problems Japan faces ...