STORY: Yuta Kato is among a growing number of Japanese voters drawn to the far-right Sanseito party, annoyed by foreigners he ...

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

Kamiya won Sanseito’s first upper house seat in 2022. During the campaign, he published a pamphlet that claimed Jewish ...

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

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

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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.

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

The minor opposition party Sanseito, which is projected to capture double-digit seats in the July 20 Upper House election, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire ...

Opposition party Sanseito, which espouses “Japanese First” policies and spouts anti-immigrant rhetoric, made a strong showing ...

In a result few predicted, the far-right Sanseito party has come out as one of the main winners in Japan’s upper house ...