Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed to remain in office on Monday after his ruling coalition suffered a bruising ...

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

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Japanese markets were closed on Monday for a holiday, but the rise in the yen and Nikkei futures showed investors had already ...

TOKYO -- The day after the drubbing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's upper house election, Japanese Prime ...

The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and ...

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

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

Japan’s ruling party faces major setbacks as Trump’s tariff deadline approaches, threatening the economy and trade relations.