STORY: Yuta Kato is among a growing number of Japanese voters drawn to the far-right Sanseito party, annoyed by foreigners he ...

Kamiya won Sanseito’s first upper house seat in 2022. During the campaign, he published a pamphlet that claimed Jewish ...

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 ...

The once fringe Sanseito has become the fourth largest opposition party in parliament by pushing a nationalist "Japanese ...

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

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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.

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

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

The minor opposition party Sanseito, which is projected to capture double-digit seats in the July 20 Upper House election, ...