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

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

Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign ...

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery ...

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

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

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" ...

Japan’s coalition government led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost its parliamentary majority in Sunday’s election after ...

The ruling LDP coalition lost its upper house majority, as inflation, taxes and immigration help the opposition.

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

Kamiya’s Sanseito gains ground with anti-globalism and immigration concerns, shaking up politics dominated by Ishiba’s LDP.