Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign ...

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

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery ...

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

Despite losing his parliamentary majority after a strong showing by right-wing populists, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants ...

Japan’s ruling coalition suffered the widely expected loss of its majority in the July 20 election, as young voters shifted to the populist right. As a result, Shigeru Ishiba’s prime ministership now ...

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.

A right-wing populist party, Sanseito, led by a former supermarket manager, has surprisingly won big in Japan's recent ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

A spike in approval for a minor party is alarming some ahead of elections. But the nation lacks the kindling for a populist ...

The ruling LDP coalition lost its upper house majority, as inflation, taxes and immigration help the opposition.

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