Abstract
In recent decades many practitioners, commentators, and scholars of party politics have written on the rise of radical right forces in advanced democracies, but Japan has not featured in this growing literature. This does not mean that extreme right opinions are absent or irrelevant in Japan, however; rather, these ideas have rarely found political expression. One exception was the Tokyo gubernatorial election in 2014, when a candidate known for radical right views garnered a respectable vote share. A survey conducted for this election thus offers a rare opportunity to examine a group of voters that have not been profiled heretofore. Through a comparison of respondents who cast their ballot for the aforementioned candidate and his main rivals, this chapter looks at factors that may distinguish the radical right electorate in Japan, including demographics, dissatisfaction with politics, policy preferences, authoritarian views, nationalism, and anti-foreigner sentiments.
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Jou, W., Endo, M. (2016). Profiling Radical Right Support. In: Generational Gap in Japanese Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50342-8_6
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