Japan’s right wing Sanseito party made surprise gains in Sunday’s election after running an anti-foreigner campaign

Campaigning under the nationalist slogan “Japanese First,” the party capitalised on growing public frustration with immigration, inflation and the ruling coalition’s performance.View on euronews

An analysis of voter trends in both parties in the months leading up to the election has indicated a significant shift to Sanseito by those who once voted for the DPP.

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants.

The surge in support for Sanseito and the Democratic Party for the People on July 20 was largely thanks to veteran politicians failing to reach large parts of the electorate.

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political class dismissed as out of touch.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to step down following a bruising upper house election defeat, a source told Reuters, as the embattled premier announced a long-sought trade deal with U.S.

Japanese politician Sohei Kamiya is the founder and Secretary General of the far-right political party Sanseit . Kamiya has been serving as a member of the House of Councillors since 2022 through the Proportional Representation Block.