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.

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

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

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

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

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

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

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

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