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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’s Ishiba says he will decide on resignation over election loss after studying US tariff deal
With the tariff deal with the US paving the way for his possible departure, Japanese media said he is expected to soon ...
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Growing pressure on Japan's Ishiba to resign after election trouncing
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.
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 Japan's election outcome muddles the BOJ's policy path
Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...
Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains
A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election ...