The rise of the right-wing populist party Sanseito in the Japanese upper house election has sparked fears of anti-foreigner ...

Yuta Kato is among a growing number of Japanese voters drawn to the far-right Sanseito party, whose warnings about foreigners ...

The prospect of someone as premier with hawkish views on Japanese history and China has fuelled online calls for the moderate ...

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 minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is under pressure to quickly decide on how to respond to the ...

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 co-chair of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning atomic bomb survivors' group on July 23 criticized a member of the Sanseito party for declaring J ...

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

The roots of Japan’s economic problems go back to the late 1980s, when the nation suddenly went from challenging US economic ...

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

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 ...