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

The results of the election in Japan’s House of Councillors highlight a key trend: An era of political fragmentation in ...

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

The rise of Japan's Sanseitō party shouldn't shock anyone paying attention.  For years, the political class shrugged off rising unease about immigration, globalist overreach, and the slow bleed of ...

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

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...

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 majority in the upper house, marking a historic political shift. The election ...

EDITORIAL. The ruling coalition's loss of a majority in the House of Councillors in the July 20 elections and the breakthrough of the ultra-conservative Sanseito party have triggered an unprecedented ...

But recent developments indicate perhaps a return to the racist side of Japan that saw the wholesale slaughter Christians centuries ago and the stampede through Nanjing killing Chinese, seeing them as ...

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

Sanseitō, an ultranationalist populist party, gained in Japan’s elections after framing immigration as a central issue.