| 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? Listen to the rest of the episode: https://econ.st/4kTmdfA Populism comes to Japan: https://econ.st/4kIU0YJ Sign up to our daily newsletter: https://econ.st/4j03fmq |
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