The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

The electoral success reflects a slow shift in attitudes, supported by non-binding legislation that encourages political ...

Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that ...

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

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has told leaders of the ruling and opposition parties that the country's tariff deal ...

The populist surge on the right is a familiar electoral feature across the West. Gains by the far right in Japan show its ...

Sanseito, founded in 2020, won 14 seats in Sunday's upper house election on its "Japanese First" platform advocating stricter rules on immigration and foreign capital, along with proposing tax cuts ...

U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...