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Japan antinuke groups criticize Sanseito politician's call for nuclear armament
The co-chair of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning atomic bomb survivors' group on July 23 criticized a member of the Sanseito party ...
Far-right 'Japanese First' party Sanseito emerges as fourth-largest opposition force in parliament
Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...
In Japan, a record number of women elected to the Senate signals a growing female presence in public life
The electoral success reflects a slow shift in attitudes, supported by non-binding legislation that encourages political ...
The Japan Times3d
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.
The Economist3d
Populism and polarisation come to Japan
Koeda Yoshiyuki, a 51-year-old supporter, called Sanseito “the only party that can truly tackle the big problems Japan faces ...
France 24 on MSN1d
‘Japanese First’: The deep roots of the rising far right
Japan’s far-right Sanseito party won a record number of seats in the country’s recent upper-house elections, stripping the ...
Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right?
Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right? - Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains ...
India Today1d
Japan's Ishiba denies rumours of him quitting as PM after election defeat
His departure less than a year after taking office would trigger a succession battle within the ruling Liberal Democratic ...