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A Trump-inspired populist party has rocked elections in Japan. Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast and Moeka Iida, our Tokyo-based reporter, discuss how the fringe hard-right Sanseito party made significant gains and why Japanese politics is entering an era of instability
00:00 - Japanese politics is entering an unstable era
01:45 - What was the big debate in this election?
02:39 - How did the ruling party lose its grip?
03:49 - How has social media changed politics in Japan?
04:56 - What’s going to happen to the ruling party?
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2025/07/21
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