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, gaining support ...

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

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 ...

The opposition party Sanseito made a strong showing in the July 20 House of Councillors election in both constituency and ...

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s already precarious ...

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...

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

This trend has in recent years fueled the rise of anti-immigrant far-right parties in Europe -- Alternative for Germany (AfD), France's National Rally (RN) and Austria's Freedom Party -- whose ...

In a result few predicted, the far-right Sanseito party has come out as one of the main winners in Japan’s upper house ...

The success of Japanese right-wing party Sanseito in Sunday’s upper house election has the potential to unnerve global ...