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

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.

The question always has been how long they’d tolerate malaise. Sunday’s answer: Not any longer.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation has become unavoidable. The ruling coalition has now suffered crushing defeats in ...

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

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

Prospect of a hawkish premier on Japan’s history and China has fuelled online calls for moderate Shigeru Ishiba to stay.

Please log in to Nikkei Asia and stay up to date with the latest developments. 1. Sunday's upper house election in Japan marked a historic turning point, with the long-dominant Liberal Democratic ...

The election results were a clear repudiation of the ruling coalition. The LDP won 39 seats, a loss of 13 from the previous ...

Like Ishiba’s political future, Japan's parliamentary politics is also facing uncertainty, particularly its Cabinet system.

Calls are growing online for him to stay, including from people who are his political opponents. Read more at ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he wants to oversee the "steady" implementation of a recently clinched trade deal ...