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･･･ ...

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

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 ...

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

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

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

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 ...

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

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