Sanseito, a fast-rising conservative party, is challenging Japan’s political mainstream with traditionalist ideas, controversial views on foreigners and ambitious plans for a new Constitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/29/japan/who-is-the-real-sanseito/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanseito #soheikamiya #ldp #constitution #immigration

An opposition push to abolish a provisional gasoline tax is the first test facing the minority government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after it lost control of the Upper House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/politics/gas-tax-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #shigeruishiba #gas #diet #nipponishinnokai #dpp #reiwashinsengumi #sanseito #jcp #sdp #teammirai #cpj

Japan’s ruling coalition is weakening as rising populist parties like Sanseito gain support, raising concerns that Japan could shift toward unstable multiparty coalition politics similar to Israel’s fragmented Knesset. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/25/japan/japans-legislature-unstable-like-israels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanseito #komeito #ldp #shigeruishiba #israel #knesset

The LDP’s historic Upper House defeat leaves the party fragmented and searching for a capable leader who can reunite conservatives, modernize its appeal, deliver real policies and rebuild its internal power structure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/25/japan/who-will-save-the-liberal-democratic-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #dpp #2025upperhouseelection #sanseito #ishinnokai #cdp

Backers of the center-right Democratic Party for the People abandoned it for the populist right-wing Sanseito in the months leading up to Sunday’s Upper House election, an analysis of voter trends has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/politics/dpp-sanseito-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanseito #dpp #2025upperhouseelection

What happened in Sunday's election was nothing short of a substantial win for conservative politics in Japan — just not for the Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/21/japan/conservatives-election-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #2025upperhouseelection #shigeruishiba #ldp #cdp #dpp #sanseito

The small right-wing populist party Sanseito, which has espoused a “Japanese First” slogan, won big in Sunday’s Upper House election, taking 14 seats to become the chamber’s third-largest opposition force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/politics/sanseito-becomes-third-largest-opposition-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #sanseito

Early media reports are projecting the LDP and its coalition partner, Komeito, will lose their Upper House majority, a turn of events could lead to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation or more political gridlock. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/politics/japan-upper-house-election-results/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #shigeruishiba #ldp #yoshihikonoda #cdp #dpp #sanseito

As voters went to the polls on Sunday for what could be one of the most turbulent elections in recent history, constituents across Tokyo reflected the nation’s diverging political beliefs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/politics/voice-street-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #ldp #cdp #dpp #jcp #sanseito #tokyo

Voters head to the polls Sunday to decide the fate of Japan's ruling coalition, with two issues having shaped the political campaign: rising prices and the handling of policies related to the foreign community. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/japan/politics/voting-starts-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2025upperhouseelection #shigeruishiba #ldp #yoshihikonoda #cdp #dpp #sanseito

Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an Upper House vote Sunday, an outcome that could jolt confidence in the world's fourth-largest economy and complicate tariff talks with the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/japan/politics/japan-ldp-election-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #komeito #2025upperhouseelection #tariffs #us #usjapanrelations #trade #japaneseeconomy #sanseito

My daughter goes to a school for the hard of hearing and one girl in her class is Vietnamese. She needs sign language to communicate. Both her parents work their arses off in Nagoya to support her. But if #sanseito got their wish, she wouldn’t be able to go:

「外国人への生活保護支給を停止」

“Abolish welfare payments for foreigners.”

Any political party (anywhere in the world) should be ashamed of themselves for such a policy.

#参政党 #選挙#Japan

My daughter goes to a school for the hard of hearing and one girl in her class is Vietnamese. She needs sign language to communicate. Both her parents work their arses off in Nagoya to support her. But if #sanseito got their wish, she wouldn’t be able to go:

「外国人への生活保護支給を停止」

“Abolish welfare payments for foreigners.”

Any political party (anywhere in the world) should be ashamed of themselves for such a policy.

#参政党 #選挙#Japan

Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi’s aggressive tactics to lower the price of rice has left many farming communities feeling frustrated and abandoned — and that discontent may be reflected in Sunday’s vote. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/politics/yamagata-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #yamagata #ldp #sanseito #cdp #dpp #jcp #2025upperhouseelection #rice #agriculture

Rising political party Sanseito is the third-most popular pick among voters ahead of Sunday's election for the Upper House, a Jiji Press opinion poll for July showed Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/japan/politics/japan-opposition-sanseito-support-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #surveys #2025upperhouseelection #sanseito #ldp #dpp