Japanese politics is different in many ways, but in one, it’s having what appears to be an analogous moment: “Honestly ...

Increasing political instability will pose challenges to decisive leadership and give opposition parties more sway in ...

Purnendra Jain is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where he served as Professor of Japanese Studies for twenty-five years. Jain holds a ...

William Sposato is a Tokyo-based journalist who has been a contributor to Foreign Policy since 2015. He has been following ...

Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist ...

Sohei Kamiya's Sanseitō Party won 14 seats in Japan's Upper House elections, appealing to young voters with a "Japanese first ...

The LDP’s historic electoral fall exposes a fractured Japan, where public disillusionment, economic woes and rising populism ...

The right-wing populist party Sanseito made big strides in parliamentary elections in Japan, capitalizing on concerns about ...