A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election.

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

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

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

On July 19, the night before Japan’s Upper House election, opposition party Sanseito held its final rally at Tokyo’s Shiba ...

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

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

Japan held elections for its upper house, the House of Councillors, on July 20. The vote proved a challenge for the ...

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