Sanseito, a right-wing populist party in Japan that enthusiastically associates itself with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” ethos, caused a minor earthquake in the parliament’s upper house over the weekend.
The party, headed by former supermarket manager and schoolteacher Sohei Kamiya, scooped up a total of 14 seats in the House of Councillors on Sunday — helping to rob the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party of its majority in the 248-seat chamber.
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