Sanseito party supporters raise their fists during the Sanseito's election campaign tour, on the last day of campaigning for the July 20 upper house election, at Shiba Park in Tokyo, Japan July 19, 2025.
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From rice to tourists: How a Trump-inspired 'Japanese First' party is shaking up Japanese politics
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Christiane Amanpour speaks with Tomohiko Taniguchi, former Special Adviser to the late Shinzo Abe and Mira Rapp-Hooper, former Director for Indo-Pacific Strategy at the National Security Council, about the rise of Sanseito, an obscure Japanese far-right group and what their recent victory in the Upper House election signals for the democracy's political future.

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