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

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While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba's administration will fall, it heaps pressure on the embattled leader who also lost control of the more powerful lower house in October.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to resign by late August following a crushing election loss, local media said on Wednesday. His departure comes despite finalising a US trade deal ...

"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored a book on right-wing politics in Japan.

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" ...

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in ...

Is it a moment for alarm or for optimism about Japan’s finances? A bad election result for the ruling Liberal Democratic party this month, which raises the odds of spendthrift, populist governance, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party suffered a major defeat in key elections this Sunday as a far-right ... with warnings of a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, and pledges for tax ...