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‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll

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

Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains

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

Far-right 'Japanese First' party Sanseito emerges as fourth-largest opposition force in parliament

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

Ishiba’s last stand? Japan’s LDP in turmoil as Sanseito surge erodes PM’s grip on power

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

Trump-inspired 'Japanese First' party gains ground in Japan

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

Sanseito, the ‘Japanese first’ party that emerged through YouTube during Covid-19, deals big blow to Japan PM Ishiba’s coalition

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

Japan antinuke groups criticize Sanseito politician's call for nuclear armament

The co-chair of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning atomic bomb survivors' group on July 23 criticized a member of the Sanseito party for declaring J･･･ ...

Sanseito’s ‘Japanese First’ gains traction amid concerns over immigration, economy

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

Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right?

Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign ...