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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 ...
Far-right 'Japanese First' party Sanseito emerges as fourth-largest opposition force in parliament
Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...
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Japan: Far-Right Sanseito Draws Large Crowd at Final Rally, Surges in Upper House Election
On July 19, the night before Japan’s Upper House election, opposition party Sanseito held its final rally at Tokyo’s Shiba ...
Rising Sanseito party to target protection of state secrets
The surge in support for Sanseito and the Democratic Party for the People on July 20 was largely thanks to veteran ...
'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk
The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...
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 ...
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MAGA-style 'anti-globalist' politics arrives in Japan
Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...
Japan Right-Wing Party’s Gains Risk Unnerving Global Investors
The success of Japanese right-wing party Sanseito in Sunday’s upper house election has the potential to unnerve global ...
Sanseito’s ‘Japanese First’ gains traction amid concerns over immigration, economy
Birthed on YouTube spreading Covid-19 conspiracy theories, the party broke into mainstream politics with its populist ...