‘Japanese-first’ Sanseito party goes into election leveraging unease about foreigners
Surveys show party may only secure 10 to 15 of 125 up for grabs but is eroding support of prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s shaky LDP minority governmentA disillusioned Japanese electorate feeling the economic pinch goes to the polls on Sunday, as a rightwing party promoting a “Japanese-first” agenda gains popularity, with fears over foreigners becoming a major election issue.Birthed on YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party, Sanseito, has widened its appeal ahead of Sunday’s upper house vote – railing against immigration and dragging rhetoric that was once confined to Japan’s political fringes into the mainstream. Continue reading...
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Surveys show party may only secure 10 to 15 of 125 up for grabs but is eroding support of prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s shaky LDP minority government
A disillusioned Japanese electorate feeling the economic pinch goes to the polls on Sunday, as a rightwing party promoting a “Japanese-first” agenda gains popularity, with fears over foreigners becoming a major election issue.
Birthed on YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party, Sanseito, has widened its appeal ahead of Sunday’s upper house vote – railing against immigration and dragging rhetoric that was once confined to Japan’s political fringes into the mainstream.
Continue reading...
