Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledges to remain in office after his coalition's defeat in upper house elections. Facing internal and external pressures, Ishiba grapples with rising consumer ...

For many years, it has been common knowledge that Japan is the only Group of Seven member that is immune to political populism. This conventional wisdom is now being shaken up.

Sanseitō, an ultranationalist populist party, gained in Japan’s elections after framing immigration as a central issue.

These groups include Japan’s #MeToo movement and a new party aimed at protecting Japan’s commitment to pacifism, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. These movements’ aims signal a more ...

While populism is rising across the world, Japan has so far been immune to it. There is no Japanese equivalent to Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump, or Rodrigo Duterte. This, however, seems to be ...

Populism fails to catch fire in Japan. ... Equally puzzling for Western journalists, it seems, is the fact that Japan appears immune to this global trend. After all, ...

Younger Japanese drawn to anti-immigrant populist party Sanseito. Headline should read, "A few dozen younger Japanese drawn to anti-immigrant populist party Sanseito" These are the few kids born to ...