With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

Sohei Kamiya's Sanseitō Party won 14 seats in Japan's Upper House elections, appealing to young voters with a "Japanese first ...

The election was prefaced by a sell-off of Japanese government bonds amid concerns that the government was floundering. Bond ...

As the United States turns inward under President Donald Trump’s second term, Japan quietly steps up to defend democracy, ...

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

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

The once fringe Sanseito has become the fourth largest opposition party in parliament by pushing a nationalist "Japanese ...

Japan's upper house election on Sunday could shake up politics, with rising prices and a populist party gaining ground.

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

Japan, where the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has led governments for all but four of the past 70 years, has defied that ...

The Sanseito party is surging in polls with anti-immigration talk, but its rise is likely just a short-lived protest vote ...

Long-ruling party faces crisis with populists capturing working people’s vote as traditional rural base shrinks ...