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 ...

The surge in support for Sanseito and the Democratic Party for the People on July 20 was largely thanks to veteran ...

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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The "Japanese first" Sanseito party increased its seats from just two to 15 in Sunday's upper house elections ...