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

Shigeru Ishiba denied he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to ...

Sanseito gained support with warnings of a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, and pledges for tax cuts and ... populist policies have yet to take root in Japan as they have in Europe and the United ...

Premier says he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with US, but analysts say he faces political headwinds.

Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the Upper House. Speaking to media on Sunday, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru ...

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" ...

"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored a book on right-wing politics in Japan.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will announce his resignation by the end of next month, Japanese media reported on Wednesday, following a bruising election defeat ... has ...

STORY: :: Hundreds celebrate big wins for Japan's far-right Sanseito party in the country's upper house election:: Tokyo, Japan:: July 21, 2025:: Uta Kato, Voted for Sanseito:“The number of ...

Japan’s 10-year bond yield has surged to its highest level since 2008, driven by expectations of post-election fiscal ...

With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

Members of a panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have held their first meeting to analyze why the LDP lost the ...