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

On July 21, the day after the pivotal Upper House election, a fervent crowd surged in front of Tokyo’s JR Shinbashi Station to hear the Sanseito party leader take a victory lap.

Now, it is the turn of Japan, and history comes full circle. The country is fast catching the contagion of Far-Right ideology ...

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

The LDP Bears Responsibility for Japan’s Populist Surge A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism. By Jio Kamata July 22, 2025 ...

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 ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

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 ...

The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...

Sanseito's rise has sparked a backlash by those who fear the party is normalising xenophobia. A rally on Monday attracted dozens of protesters who tried to drown out the speakers. "It is people ...

Japan’s mounting debt burden and an election that risks making it worse are fueling debate on whether the nation’s sovereign credit rating may be cut sooner rather than later.