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

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, gaining ...

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

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s already precarious ...

The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.

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

A Japanese political party seemingly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda made significant gains ...

The success of Japanese right-wing party Sanseito in Sunday’s upper house election has the potential to unnerve global ...

The success of new political parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite highlights the ...

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

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

Japan’s ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election, ...