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Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right
The loss on Sunday left the Liberal Democrats a minority party in both houses of Parliament, while two new nationalist ...
Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
Scrambling to pay legal fees, Media Matters has dialed back its criticism, trimmed its staff and contemplated closing ...
Factbox-Who Could Replace Japan's Ishiba as Leader of the Ruling Party?
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in ...
How did a right-wing populist party that began on YouTube win big in Japan’s recent election?
Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus ...
Trump-inspired 'Japanese First' party gains ground in Japan
Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's ...
Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains
A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting ...
'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 ...
Ishiba stands his ground while intra-party split intensifies
The key to whether the smoldering dissatisfaction in the party will develop into a “drop Ishiba” groundswell and trigger his resignation lies in the actions of party lawmakers in “non-mainstream” ...
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Far-right ‘Japanese First’ party gains seats in elections
Japan’s elections on Sunday saw the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party lose its longstanding majority, while a ...