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

Japan's upper house election on Sunday dealt a big blow to the ruling coalition and sets markets up for possible policy ...

TOKYO: With the Liberal Democratic Party likely having performed poorly in Sunday's (July 20) House of Councillors election, ...

Birthed on YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites ...

Japan's ruling LDP experienced setbacks in parliamentary elections as right-wing populist groups gained traction, potentially signaling a shift in the nation's political landscape. Sanseito, a ...

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" party. Supporters at rallies spoke of a world where a cabal of globalists and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s future is unclear after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its upper ...

Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the upper house but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he has no plans to ...

The aim of the lengthy campaign—already effectively underway—is to resuscitate the party as a trap for the working class ...

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

Japanese PM Ishiba's coalition lost its upper house majority, compounding earlier lower house losses. The right-wing Sanseito ...

According to public broadcaster NHK, the LDP and its allies in the Komeito party will likely control 121 seats in the upper ...