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The co-chair of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning atomic bomb survivors' group on July 23 criticized a member of the Sanseito party for declaring J ...

The electoral success reflects a slow shift in attitudes, supported by non-binding legislation that encourages political ...

Japan’s far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First” platform that ...

The Trump effect—embodied in both American policy and its global ideological footprint—has found fertile ground in Japan’s ...

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

U.S. Congress and the American public support a stronger alliance with Japan, and the Trump administration’s own strategy to ...

The populist surge on the right is a familiar electoral feature across the West. Gains by the far right in Japan show its ...

The roots of Japan’s economic problems go back to the late 1980s, when the nation suddenly went from challenging US economic ...