A mix of LDP hubris and inaction contributed to its electoral setback – and the rise of textbook-style populism.

The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...

Sanseito, a right-wing populist party in Japan that enthusiastically associates itself with U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

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.

Following similar trends overseas, several Japanese political parties are announcing tougher regulations against foreigners ...

Japanese voters are participating in a crucial upper house election that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru ...

The success of the Sanseito party could reshape Japan’s domestic and foreign policy. It also aligns Japan with political ...

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, ...

I realized that this word, which literally means “exclusion of foreigners and foreign things,” can be substituted with other ...

In a result few predicted, the far-right Sanseito party has come out as one of the main winners in Japan’s upper house ...

We believe that if today’s populist trends turn into policy, we could see several negative economic and market implications – some of which may be severe. 1. Closed borders could hurt growth ...