The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...

Japan's far-right Sanseito party has emerged as a political force after securing a record number of seats in the recent upper ...

For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house. But on Sunday, Sanseito ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

In Japan's recent parliamentary election, the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to secure a ...

The issue of foreigner friendliness is of particular importance to international fund managers who have seen Tokyo lay down ...

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