STORY: Yuta Kato is among a growing number of Japanese voters drawn to the far-right Sanseito party, annoyed by foreigners he ...

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

Kamiya won Sanseito’s first upper house seat in 2022. During the campaign, he published a pamphlet that claimed Jewish ...

The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

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Sanseito's emergence has caught Japan's community of foreign residents by surprise, with the party's anti-foreigner rhetoric causing concern among many Japanese and non-Japanese alike.

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The prospect of someone as premier with hawkish views on Japanese history and China has fuelled online calls for the moderate ...

The July 20 House of Councillors election showed that the foundation of Japan’s political order has crumbled. Japan, which ...

The rise of the right-wing populist party Sanseito in the Japanese upper house election has sparked fears of anti-foreigner ...