Its leader is a former supermarket manager who created his political party on YouTube in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic and campaigned on the Trumpian message “Japanese First.”
Now Japan’s burgeoning right-wing populist party Sanseito has emerged an unlikely winner in parliamentary elections this weekend.
Inspired by other populist right-wing groups that have sprung up in recent years, Sanseito bagged 14 seats in Japan’s upper house, according to public broadcaster NHK – a dramatic increase from the single seat it had occupied previously.
Moscow money, like everywhere else?
Argentina was not Moscow money… not this time. I put my bets on isnotreal
Because it’s populist and people are stupid
Apparently it’s surprisingly hard to not vote for Asian Jim.
So what I’m hearing is that Japan, with its immigration hating and xenophobic culture was not already RW?
