Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

Sanseito's emergence has caught Japan's community of foreign residents by surprise, with the party's anti-foreigner rhetoric causing concern among many Japanese and non-Japanese alike.

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

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

Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the ...

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

Sanseito, a new far-right party with a charismatic leader, Sohei Kamiya, came up big in Japan's parliamentary election by ...

The issue of foreigner friendliness is of particular importance to international fund managers who have seen Tokyo lay down ...

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against “elitism,” “globalism” and immigration. While Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

In Japan's recent parliamentary election, the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to secure a ...

Japanese markets were closed for a holiday, but the rise in the yen and Nikkei futures showed investors had already priced in ...

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...