Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right? - Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains ...

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.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has again denied reports that he plans to resign after his party's historic election ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied reports he plans to announce his resignation over a historic defeat of his ...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he would quit after a source and media reports said he plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat. The ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was facing growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after his coalition lost its majority in the upper house election over the weekend, local media reported.

Earlier, the Mainichi newspaper reported that Ishiba had informed his associates of plans to announce his resignation by the end of August. Kyodo News, citing senior LDP officials, described his ...

Calls for Ishiba to resign are reportedly coming from within the LDP, the government, and regional party branches ...