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Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right?
Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right? - Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains ...
A Populist Party That Began on YouTube Helped Disrupt Japan’s Ruling Coalition
The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...
Japanese leader Ishiba vows to remain despite speculation, says he will focus on new US trade deal
TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan ...
Sanseito, the ‘Japanese first’ party that emerged through YouTube during Covid-19, deals big blow to Japan PM Ishiba’s coalition
In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...
Young Voters Are Pulling Japan to the Right. But How Far?
Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...
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Japan's Ishiba denies rumours of him quitting as PM after election defeat
His departure less than a year after taking office would trigger a succession battle within the ruling Liberal Democratic ...
What is behind the rise of the 'Japanese First' far-right?
Sanseito, a new far-right party with a charismatic leader, Sohei Kamiya, came up big in Japan's parliamentary election by ...
Ishiba’s last stand? Japan’s LDP in turmoil as Sanseito surge erodes PM’s grip on power
Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s already precarious ...