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

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

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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 prospect of someone as premier with hawkish views on Japanese history and China has fuelled online calls for the moderate ...

The electoral success reflects a slow shift in attitudes, supported by non-binding legislation that encourages political ...

Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that ...

The minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to quickly decide on how to respond to the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with the leaders of seven ruling and opposition parties on Friday at the Diet building, ...

Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday (July 25) as their worst fighting in over a ...

The election results were a clear repudiation of the ruling coalition. The LDP won 39 seats, a loss of 13 from the previous ...

The roots of Japan’s economic problems go back to the late 1980s, when the nation suddenly went from challenging US economic ...