For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house.Sanseito emerged as one of ...

Who Is Sōhei Kamiya? Formed in 2020 with dissatisfied citizens who wanted 'Japanese First', his party, Sanseitō, won 14–15 seats in upper house, eroding PM Ishiba’s majority ...

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet dipped to a record-low 23 percent, according to a ...

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

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This is the first time since the party was founded that an LDP-led government has lost its majority in both houses of the Diet.

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and ...

Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito were short three seats to maintain a ...

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