> Sanseito—which translates as the participate-in-politics party—is into organic farming and worshiping the Emperor, and isn’t keen on vaccines or foreigners. It polled fourth in Sunday’s parliamentary election, helping to deprive Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition of its majority in the Japanese Diet’s upper house, an upset that complicates trade negotiations with the U.S. just days before sweeping new tariffs are due to come into force.
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