Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...

Right-wing populist political party Sanseito campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform and significantly increased its ...

Japan's far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under increasing pressure to bow out after his party and junior coalition partner Komeito ...

Shigeru Ishiba denied he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to ...

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

An analysis of voter trends in both parties in the months leading up to the election has indicated a significant shift to ...

On July 19, the night before Japan’s Upper House election, opposition party Sanseito held its final rally at Tokyo’s Shiba ...

Backed by those who lean politically to the right and do not trust the government, Sanseito seemingly stormed out of nowhere to score a major upset in the July 20 Upper House election.

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