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.

Sanseitō, an ultranationalist populist party, gained in Japan’s elections after framing immigration as a central issue.

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

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

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

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

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

A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism.

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

Japan's ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, failed to secure a majority in the upper house election, ...

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