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

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party suffered a major defeat in key elections this Sunday as a far-right ... with warnings of a 'silent invasion' of immigrants, and pledges for tax ...

Premier says he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with US, but analysts say he faces political headwinds.

It won its first seat in the upper house in 2022, following a campaign in which it fashioned itself as an "anti-globalist" ...

Japan’s prime minister refused to step down despite losing his majority, thanks in part to a surge in hard-Right support. Shigeru Ishiba was asked if he would stay on after exit polls on Sunday night ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which could heighten calls for the government to boost spending and cut tax ...

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The ruling LDP has only been able to remain in office as a minority government as a result of the deep divisions among the opposition parties—between the far-right and the nominally liberal parties.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt investor confidence in the world's fourth-largest ...

Japan's Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya reacts as he speaks to the members of the media, on the day of upper house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan , July 20, 2025.