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 ...

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

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

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

The LDP’s loss in the upper house is another blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who has been struggling to close a trade ...

The party’s last rebuilding effort took nearly a decade and followed debilitating ideological battles. Some in the party see ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election defeat left his ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to resign amid growing opposition within his party following a heavy ...

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

That step would trigger a leadership race in his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with the winner facing a parliament vote to become prime minister of the world's fourth-largest economy ...