Japan's far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...

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

Sanseito, a new far-right party with a charismatic leader, Sohei Kamiya, came up big in Japan's parliamentary election by ...

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

The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.

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

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

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

Koeda Yoshiyuki, a 51-year-old supporter, called Sanseito “the only party that can truly tackle the big problems Japan faces ...

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...