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

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Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

Birthed on YouTube spreading Covid-19 conspiracy theories, the party broke into mainstream politics with its populist ...

An analysis of voter trends in both parties in the months leading up to the election has indicated a significant shift to ...

Right-wing populist political party Sanseito campaigned on a "Japanese First" platform and significantly increased its ...

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