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YouTube generation propels Japan's anti-foreigner politics into the mainstream

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...
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Japan sees big wins for far-right, anti-immigration party that denounced ‘Jewish capital’

Kamiya won Sanseito’s first upper house seat in 2022. During the campaign, he published a pamphlet that claimed Jewish ...

Far-right 'Japanese First' party Sanseito emerges as fourth-largest opposition force in parliament

Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with ...

Japan's Sanseito removes reporter critical of party from press conference

The right-wing populist party Sanseito, which made significant gains in the recent House of Councillors election, removed a ...

'Japanese First' party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support ...

Sanseito, the ‘Japanese first’ party that emerged through YouTube during Covid-19, deals big blow to Japan PM Ishiba’s coalition

In a significant political shift, Prime Minister Ishiba's coalition lost its majority in Japan's upper house, marking the ...
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Video: Japan's foreign community reacts to Sanseito's rise

Sanseito's emergence has caught Japan's community of foreign residents by surprise, with the party's anti-foreigner rhetoric causing concern among many Japanese and non-Japanese alike.

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 ...