Japan First Party
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| “ | First, our party will protect the from of state of Japan, a nation reigned over by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal without equal in the world. | „ |
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Japan First Party is Japanese far-right party that infamous for racism against Koreans and Chinese, Xenophobia and mass Propaganda. The party was formed in 2016 and to date has been active with Uyoku dantai and Netto-uyoku, but currently has no party members and is inactive.
They have "Japan First" policy of protecting Japan's national interests, people and happiness, but in reality they are the conservative political party that generates racist civil society activities.
Biography edit
On August 29, 2016, Sakurai formed the Japan First Party, renaming his political organization, "Tosyukai (The Association to Restore Tokyo Government to The Hands of The People)", when he ran for governor of Tokyo.
On April 27, 2017, Mikio Okamura, the first certified candidate of the Japan First Party, announced his candidacy for the 2017 Tokyo gubernatorial election, but on July 2, 2017, he was eliminated at the bottom of the list due to their discriminatory activities.
From April 7 to April 21, 2019, all 12 candidates they fielded in the local elections were not elected. The reason for their rejection was that they were all discriminatory.
On January 24, 2020, she ran unsuccessfully for the mayor of Tsushima City, and on February 16, Yoko Harada was elected as an independent and their nominee for the Naka City Council. On September 30, Harada left the party due to a disagreement with the representative of their Ibaraki branch. On November 15, an official candidate was unsuccessful in the Unnan City Assembly election.
On February 14, 2021, their certified candidate was unsuccessful in the Saijo City Assembly election. On May 20, they were also criticized when it was discovered that they had pasted flyers promoting their party on vending machines.
Relationships of organizations edit
Uyoku dantai edit
Uyoku dantai is an organized force that collectively refers to far-right political groups in Japan. They are represented by Makoto Sakurai, who is one of the most popular of the Japanese far right. Among the forces of Uyoku dantai is Kōdō suru hosyu, the far-right civil political organization founded by the Japan First Party.
Netto-uyoku edit
Netto-uyoku is one of the Uyoku dantai, and the independent organized force operating on the Internet. Makoto Sakurai calls himself Netto-uyoku, and actually works on the Internet to spread propaganda.
Popular Sovereignty Party edit
The Popular Sovereignty Party is the far-right political party in Japan that infamous for COVID denialism and the problematic anti-vacctine movement called Unplug. Their goals are to spread the idea that COVID is a fantasy and to eliminate vaccrinations and wearing masks, but since Uyoku dantai and the Japan First Party acknowledge exstence of COVID and their ideology is completely in accordance with COVID denial, they do not consider each other as allies and are in fact adversaries.
Their idea of policy edit
They believe in "Japan First" and propose the protection of Japan's national interests, the establishment of a new constitution, the possession of a national army, the restoration of conservatism, and social welfare for the Japanese people. But they also have the following policies in mind: Establishment of nuclear shelters throughout the country and possession of nuclear weapons, enactment of a law to maintain public order and security, severing diplomatic relations with South Korea, stopping free aid to foreign countries, stopping immigration and foreign carrot government, restricting foreigners from joining health insurance, stopping the provision of welfare to foreigners, restricting political activities by foreigners and their groups in Japan, unifying common names of foreigners into katakana, revising history in textbooks, and reviving the crime of impunity, etc.
Scandal edit
- On February 23, 2018, the Hokkaido chapter expressed its support for the attack on Chongryon by Team Kansai.
- On October 30, 2018, the anti-immigration speech given by members of the group in Kumamoto was identified as hate speech by the Prefecture.
- On January 29, 2019, Haruhiko Aramaki, the party official, was arrested for assault.
- On March 11, 2019, the Fukuoka Legal Affairs Bureau declared Sakurai's campaign speech around Kitakyusyu Korean School to be hate speech.
- On November 24, 2020, Aramaki, a party member in Osaka Prefecture, was arrested by the Sonezaki Police Station for disorderly conduct after an argument with a former C.R.A.C. member.