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The upper house elections were held on 20 July in Japan. The ruling party Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) performed very bad in this. The LDP already running in the lower house lost a majority in the upper house.
LDP was established in 1955 and is the first time it is in a minority in both houses. The party is believed to be responsible for the party’s poor performance. Sainseto, who campaigned for Japan First agenda, has won 14 seats in the election.
Earlier, Sainseto had only 1 seat in the upper house of the 248 -seat Parliament. It is considered a sign of a major change in Japan politics. The credit is being given to Sohai Kamiya, who started the Sansseto party.
Kamiya is called the ‘Trump’ of Japan. He started the party on YouTube during the Kovid-19 epidemic. Kamiya then gained a lot of discussion by spreading the conspiracy against vaccination. In just 6 years, his party Sanseto has become one of the most popular parties in Japan.
The leader of the Sansseto Party, Sohai Kamia, expressed happiness at the party headquarters on Sunday after the result.
Sainseto became famous by opposing mask-vaccine
The Sanseto Party was launched on YouTube in April 2020 amid the dangers of Korona. This was a time when the world was struggling with the danger of Corona. It was necessary to wear social dispensing and people wearing masks. In such a situation, Sanseto opposed the mask.
The party said that this is an international conspiracy. It also opposed the vaccine. Initially it was considered a conspiracy party, due to which people did not take it seriously. However, Sanseto later changed his agenda and introduced himself as a nationalist and populist party.
In the election campaign, the party made promises such as reducing tax and increasing the allowances of children, but the real identity has been received due to nationalist ideas. The popularity of this party has increased online, especially among the youth.
This has an impact on Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which was the first choice of right -wing voters. Experts believe that many Orthodox supporters of LDP do not consider Ishiba as as strong as Shinzo Abe.
For example, the law was passed over LGBTQ rights led by LDP, which traditional conservatives did not like.
Kamiya succeeded in politics learning from Trump
Kamiya herself believes that she has learned a lot from US President Donald Trump. Especially the style of speech. He describes himself as Trump. They want to protect Japan from foreign people, global forces and corrupt leaders like Trump.
They also want to make Japan ‘for Japanese’ and say that foreign companies and external forces are using the country’s policies for their own benefits. They believe that Japan should be free from global capital, as foreign companies are affecting the policies of the country. He warned that if this continues, Japan would become a ‘colony’.
Kamiya wants to maintain a relationship with America, but like Trump, he wants this relationship to be on equal basis. He believes that leaders like Trump will respect the independence of Japan, provided Japan himself tries to become self -sufficient.
Advice to the king to keep a mistress
Kamiya has been in the news for her controversial statements like Trump. He once said that the Emperor of Japan should be allowed to keep ‘mistress’. Kamiya believes that it is necessary to do so in Japan to maintain the king’s lineage. By doing this, adequate male heirs will be produced in the dynasty, which will continue the royal blood.
Women in Japan are not allowed to make the throne heir. Although there is a trend in Japan to become a female emperor, their children do not get the throne.
Kamiya also said that women should not be promoted to work, as they are not able to produce children.
Kamiya filling the vacant space after Shinzo Abe
Experts say that after the murder of Shinzo Abe, right -wing politics in Japan has become weak and Sainseto is filling its place. Now this party is drawing votes from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
According to BBC, a major reason for Sanseto’s popularity is rapidly increasing inflation in Japan. The cost of living is increasing. Prices in Japan remained stable for decades, but now food prices have doubled.
There has been no significant increase in wages in the country and due to the slow economy, there is disappointment about the future. Poor and middle class people are the most upset and this is the reason why Sainseto’s vote bank is increasing.
One -third foreign population increased in Japan in 3 years
The population of Japan is decreasing and elderly people are growing, due to which the country now needs foreign workers. After Korona, Japan relaxed the visa rules, which caused the effect that the number of foreign residents increased to one third to 38 lakhs in the last three years. This is only 3% of the total population, but there is anxiety about it in Japanese society.
In a country like Japan, where most of the people are of the same living and thinking, some people do not feel good. This makes them feel a little uncomfortable.
Workers of Vietnam in a factory in Japan. Due to the growing elderly population of Japan, many jobs have become empty, which workers are coming from other countries of Asia to fill.
Foreigners are being described as criminals On social media, migrants are being convicted for breaking crime, rules and spoiling the social system, while police figures suggest that the crime rate between Japanese and non-Japanese citizens is almost equal, but Sansseto is ignoring the public sentiments by ignoring these figures.
The misinformation about foreign people in Japan has further increased this fear. Many times a lie is spread on social media that foreigners are taking one-third of the welfare schemes, whereas in reality it is not so.
Experts say that after the entry of Sainseto in politics, it has become common to speak against foreigners in Japan, while such things were considered ‘forbidden’ earlier.
Kamiya says that it was not easy to talk about immigration in Japan earlier. Whoever raises this issue, the leftist people would surround it, but now things are changing. Now people are listening to their words carefully, whether they agree with them or not.
Kamiya against tax for old people
A major demand of Kamiya is to eliminate 10% consumption tax (consumption tax). This is the National Sales Tax of Japan, which is levied on every item like GST in India. Consumption Tax started in Japan in 1989. It was then applied 3%. Gradually it increased to 10%.
This tax provides the income of trillions to the government, which makes it expenses related to public interest. Kamiya says that the consumption tax forces the youth to bear the expenses of the elderly population. He says that the government should worry not only about the elderly, but also the youth.
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