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Japan antinuke groups criticize Sanseito politician's call for nuclear armament

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･･･ ...
The Japan Times3d

‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll

The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.
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MAGA-style makes a move in Japan: Sanseito party increases seats in upper house

Populist ideals are gaining traction in Japan, spurred by right-wing politicians running rampant elsewhere railing against ...
The Economist3d

Populism and polarisation come to Japan

Koeda Yoshiyuki, a 51-year-old supporter, called Sanseito “the only party that can truly tackle the big problems Japan faces ...

Ishiba’s last stand? Japan’s LDP in turmoil as Sanseito surge erodes PM’s grip on power

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s already precarious ...

The Mainichi News Quiz: The Sanseito party wants to do what with welfare?

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for July 25 to test your news knowledge.

Will Japan become the latest country to fall to the populist right?

Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign ...
France 24 on MSN1d

‘Japanese First’: The deep roots of the rising far right

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