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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The surge in support for Sanseito and the Democratic Party for the People on July 20 was largely thanks to veteran ...

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 ...