Japanese voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper house election that could unleash political turmoil, with rising prices, immigration concerns and the emergence of a Trump-style “Japanese-first” party threatening to weaken Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power. Simon Moritz has the details.


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