STORY: Yuta Kato is among a growing number of Japanese voters drawn to the far-right Sanseito party, annoyed by foreigners he ...

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

Kamiya won Sanseito’s first upper house seat in 2022. During the campaign, he published a pamphlet that claimed Jewish ...

The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

The minor opposition party Sanseito, which is projected to capture double-digit seats in the July 20 Upper House election, ...