Sanseitō, an ultranationalist populist party, gained in Japan’s elections after framing immigration as a central issue.

For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house. But on Sunday, Sanseito ...

Japan's far-right Sanseito party has emerged as a political force after securing a record number of seats in the recent upper ...

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

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

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.

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

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

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against “elitism,” “globalism” and immigration. While Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

While populism is rising across the world, Japan has so far been immune to it. There is no Japanese equivalent to Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, or Rodrigo Duterte. This, however, seems to be ...

Sanseito, a new far-right party with a charismatic leader, Sohei Kamiya, came up big in Japan's parliamentary election by ...