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Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains

A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting many voters with “Japanese First" platform that included calling for tougher restrictions on foreigners and the curtailment of gender equality and diversity policies.

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Trump-inspired 'Japanese First' party gains ground in Japan

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Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority: What Trump-inspired right-wing party’s gains mean

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Japan's Ishiba Says He'll Stay in Office to Tackle Inflation and US Tariffs Despite Election Loss

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faced a major defeat in a key election for the smaller of Japan’s two-chamber parliament, said Monday he will stay on to tackle challenges such as rising pr...

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Market Rundown: Japan's PM loses majority, but markets expected worse

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Japan's shaky government loses upper house control

Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito returned 47 seats, short of the 50 seats it needed to ensure a majority in the 248-seat upper chamber in an election where half t...

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Japan PM laments ‘harsh’ election result as upper house control slips

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Japan's ruling coalition loses control of upper house, NHK says

Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right

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

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Anti-vaxxers inspired by Trump and Reform UK make big gains in Japan

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid political landscape, as Maroosha Muzaffar reports

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A Populist Party That Began on YouTube Helped Disrupt Japan’s Ruling Coalition

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political class dismissed as out of touch.

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Young Voters Are Pulling Japan to the Right. But How Far?

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

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'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants.

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What’s Next? Japanese Voters Hand the LDP Yet Another Loss

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on Sunday, the second electoral loss since coming into office last fall.

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How did a right-wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election?

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.”

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‘Japanese First’: Right-Leaning Party That Few Had Heard of Echoes Themes Being Sounded in America by Trump

The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.