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In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan meeting with leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Monday, a day after their defeat in parliamentary elections.

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.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, vowed to stay in office despite the poor showing by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has led Japan for all but five of the last 70 years.

Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

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Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Japan Election 2025: What to Know

Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.

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Supporters putting up election campaign posters this month on a bulletin board in Tokyo.
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