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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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･･･ ...

Japanese politician Sohei Kamiya is the founder and Secretary General of the far-right political party Sanseit . Kamiya has ...

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

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His departure less than a year after taking office would trigger a succession battle within the ruling Liberal Democratic ...