A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism.

With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to remain in office after his coalition's defeat in upper house elections. Facing internal and external pressures, Ishiba grapples with rising consumer ...

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

After back-to-back defeats in both houses—a historic first in 70 years for the Liberal Democratic Party—the latest Upper ...

Sanseito, a right-wing populist party in Japan that enthusiastically associates itself with U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

This came in response to the surge in online searches following the United Kingdom's move to leave the European Union due to ...

The rise of the right-wing populist party Sanseito in the Japanese upper house election has sparked fears of anti-foreigner ...

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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed Monday to stay in office and ruled out expanding his ruling coalition - composed ...

U.S. and world stocks posted solid gains on Monday as the dollar and bond yields fell, while encouraging corporate earnings ...