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

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

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

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

Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...

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

An upstart party is gaining support ahead of elections in Japan by railing against a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, pushing ...

The success of new political parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite highlights the ...

Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...

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 ...

The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost ...

Sunday's election marks the first time the once-proud party has lost a majority in both houses since its foundation in 1955.