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What welfare-related policy did the Sanseito party advocate during its campaign for the July 20 House of Councillors election?A) Expanding welfare ben･･･ ...

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

Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign ...

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

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

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

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election ...

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

Sanseito, which is proposing a "Japanese first" policy, has garnered support, and it appears that other conservative parties are also fishing for votes.