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Japan’s ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals. Can a new leader save it?

Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal ...
CNN

Fifth time’s a charm as former defense minister finally wins Japan ruling party leadership contest and will become country’s next leader

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on Friday, following a crowded race that ended in a runoff vote. The ...
Yahoo

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 pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.” Now Japan’s ...
Yahoo

AP Explains: What does a shocking parliamentary loss for Japan's long-ruling party mean?

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party and its junior partner lost their majority in Sunday’s parliamentary election. The loss, much bigger than expected, is bad news for a ...
Reuters

Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies, vows not to get 'wacky'

TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japan's far-right Sanseito party has set up an international arm to court Trump allies such as Steve Bannon and like-minded groups in Europe, betting that global conservative ...
The New York Times

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 parties surged. By Martin Fackler Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from ...
OPB

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, likely to become first female PM

Kim Kyung-Hoon / AP Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to ...
The Diplomat

The Rising Force of Japan’s Ultra-Nationalist, Anti-Immigration Sanseito Party

“Japan First” is the signature slogan of the controversial Sanseito party, which is becoming a serious choice for voters ahead of this month’s upper house election. The party, which launched on ...
The New York Times

Young Voters Are Pulling Japan to the Right. But How Far?

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo The surging ...
KSAT

Japan's first female governing-party leader is an ultra-conservative star in a male-dominated group

TOKYO – In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star ...
The Diplomat

Japan’s Democratic Party for the People Mixes Momentum and Backlash

Japan’s opposition parties are preparing to ramp up campaigning ahead of the upper house election, set for July 20, with efforts to draw clearer distinctions from the ruling coalition. But Democratic ...