The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which gained seats in the July 20 House of Councillors election, has quietly stirred ...

Japanese politics is different in many ways, but in one, it’s having what appears to be an analogous moment: “Honestly ...

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

Sanseito, which flies a “Japanese First” banner explicitly inspired by US President Donald Trump, gained 14 seats in the country’s upper house elections on Sunday — a leap from only one seat, held by ...

The bigger question is not whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will resign after his coalition lost an important election, ...

As President Donald Trump’s tariffs add to a sense of uncertainty in Japan, the Sanseito party and its leader Sohei Kamiya ...

Eight of the 125 successful candidates in the July House of Councillors election believe Japan should arm itself with nuclear ...

"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored a book on right-wing politics in Japan.

Now Japan’s burgeoning right-wing populist party Sanseito has emerged an unlikely winner in parliamentary elections this weekend. Inspired by other populist right-wing groups that have sprung up in ...

TOKYO >> An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a ‘silent invasion’ of immigrants ...

The minor opposition party Sanseito, which is projected to capture double-digit seats in the July 20 Upper House election, ...

Party leader Sohei Kamiya, who since 2022 had held Sanseito’s only seat in the upper house of Japan’s parliament, will now be joined by 14 others in the 248-seat chamber. It’s a far cry from ...