"They are the party of YouTube," said Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies who has authored ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition looks set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls from Sunday's general election suggest, meaning a possible scramble by parties to form a ...

Japan’s Liberal Democrats, in power almost continuously since the party’s founding in 1955, were pushed into minority status in both houses of parliament in an election Sunday, leaving the ...

For three years, a once fringe opposition party held just one seat in Japan's 248-seat upper house. But on Sunday, Sanseito emerged as one of the biggest winners of Japan's election - walking away ...

Japan's Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya reacts as he speaks to the members of the media, on the day of upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan , July 20, 2025.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters on Monday, where he vowed to stay on as leader after a second disappointing result for ...

Sohei Kamiya, the party’s 47-year-old leader, said in an interview with local broadcaster Nippon Television after the election: “The phrase Japanese First was meant to express rebuilding ...

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 included calling ...

Mourners offer flowers for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo, at the entrance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters building in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 10, 2022.

TOKYO (AP) — 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 included ...

Birthed on YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party broke into mainstream politics with its "Japanese First ...