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Populism Comes to Japan
The populist Sanseitō party was one of the biggest winners in Japan’s recent upper house election. While the party harped on many of the key themes that animate far-right ideology, the increasing number of foreigners in Japan – immigrants, workers, and tourists – ultimately fueled its gains.
Like fascism in the 1930s, right-wing populism today spreads like a virus, and each country spreads its own strain according to its local culture and history. Just as Catholic fascism in Portugal was not the same as National Socialism in Germany, the cult of American President Donald Trump is different from that of the French National Grouping of Marine Le Pen or the Democrats of Sweden.Continue reading...
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