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How a far-right ‘Japanese First’ party made big election gains
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...
How did a right-wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election?
Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...
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 ...
Far-right Sanseito party wins shock electoral gains in Japan on anti-foreigner platform
A once fringe opposition party in Japan has become the fourth largest in parliament by pushing a nationalist "Japanese First" ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right
The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...
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 ...