Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...

Sanseitō, an ultranationalist populist party, gained in Japan’s elections after framing immigration as a central issue.

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.

A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism.

In Japan's recent parliamentary election, the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba failed to secure a ...

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against “elitism,” “globalism” and immigration. While Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru ...

There’s a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary. What is fueling this movement? Populism is a political ideology that positions “the ...

While populism is rising across the world, Japan has so far been immune to it. There is no Japanese equivalent to Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, or Rodrigo Duterte. This, however, seems to be ...

Working in the Japanese media, ... Populism fails to catch fire in Japan. ... Inequality is on the rise: Japan has the sixth-worst relative poverty rate among members of the Organization for ...