The prospect of someone as premier with hawkish views on Japanese history and China has fuelled online calls for the moderate ...

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

The co-chair of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning atomic bomb survivors' group on July 23 criticized a member of the Sanseito party for declaring J･･･ ...

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan ...

Japan’s far-right Sanseito party won a record number of seats in the country’s recent upper-house elections, stripping the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied reports of his resignation, despite growing pressure to step down over the ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

Japan's prime minister is clinging to power today, but his outlook remains uncertain. This follows a weekend election that ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...