Sports and Peace Party

Sports And Peace Party スポーツ平和党
Founder	Antonio Inoki
Founded	23 June 1989
Registered	until 17 July 1998
Dissolved	18 June 2006
Headquarters	107-0061 5-7 Kita Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo (at the time of dissolution)
Ideology	Sport politics World peace
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The Sports and Peace Party (Japanese: スポーツ平和党, romanized: Supōtsu Heiwa Tō) was a political party in Japan run by Antonio Inoki, a pro wrestler and former member of the House of Councillors. He continued to wrestle and promote while serving as a legislator. The party fielded 10 candidates in the 1989 election.^[1]

Inoki met with Saddam Hussein for the release of prisoners from Iraq before the Gulf War. As is the traditional gift for a visiting head-of-state, Saddam gave Inoki a pair of golden swords. ^{[citation needed]}

He served in the Diet until 1995, when he failed to win re-election, after accusations of Yakuza involvement and bribery lead to a decline in his popularity.^{[citation needed]} His party, however, also fielded candidates in 1998.