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 ...

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

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.

Birthed on YouTube spreading Covid-19 conspiracy theories, the party broke into mainstream politics with its populist ...

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 ...

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

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