The roots of Japan’s economic problems go back to the late 1980s, when the nation suddenly went from challenging US economic ...

In Japan's recent parliamentary election, the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to secure a ...

A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism.

Masahiro Iwasaki, a political science professor at Nihon University, commenting on Sunday's upper house election results.

Sanseito, a populist far-right, anti-globalist party, has taken the Japanese political world by surprise. With its incendiary slogan, "Japanese First," the party has inserted itself into the national ...

There’s a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary. What is fueling this movement? Populism is a political ideology that positions “the ...