Is the right wing very strong in Japan?

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Tbh I don't think exist any hard left-leaning parties on Japan. At the very least maybe a little centre left, but compared to the USA, all parties in Japan look conservative

Yes, that’s right. The previous prime minister was center-left and things were going fairly well, but he was pushed out. 😅

Japan does not even have that many foreigners right?

Yes. But Japan’s an island country with a pretty inward-looking culture.

So even though Japan doesn’t actually have that many foreigners compared to other countries, the anxiety grows really easily.

And the right-wing crowd is using that and hyping it up

Even though most people in Japan are centrist or have no party affiliation, right-leaning ideas still hold a significant amount of influence in Japanese politics.

This is exactly the moment