Anti-immigration backlash finally comes to Japan

MAGA-Style "Anti-Globalist" Politics Arrives In Japan

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition lost its upper house majority in an election on Sunday; the "Japanese first" Sanseito party, created only five years ago, increased its seats from two to 15.

Anti-immigration backlash finally comes to Japan

We often talk about ways in which Japan is ahead of other developed nations; in the old days, people said this about technology, while more recently it’s

How a far-right ‘Japanese First’ party made big election gains

Japan's far-right populist Sanseito party was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election, attracting many voters with its “Japanese First" platform that included calling for tougher restrictions on foreigners and the curtailment of gender equality and diversity policies.

The anti-immigration backlash comes to Japan

Photo by Mottinn via Wikimedia CommonsWe often talk about ways in which Japan is ahead of other developed nations; in the old days, people said this about technology, while more recently it’s usually about social trends like sexless youth. But when I lived there, I often noted ways in which Japan was behind the U.S. Trends in fashion, music, and culture seemed to get popular in Japan about five to ten years after their heyday in America.1For a l…