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

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

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

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.

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 on Sunday, gaining ...

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

The LDP remains the single largest party in both chambers of Japan’s parliament. But the results on Sunday confirm that its ...

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

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

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