Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

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Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election.

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.

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

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

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

The surge in support for Sanseito and the Democratic Party for the People on July 20 was largely thanks to veteran ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

An analysis of voter trends in both parties in the months leading up to the election has indicated a significant shift to ...