Michael mentioned they were "tiny" in number. Stating the estimated number of these far right fringe groups might have given this session a stronger context to what importance they might have today. I would be concerned if people got the impression that the 610K people who voted for former Air SDF General Tamogami in the 2014 Tokyo Governor election were far right wingers. I recall reading a post election analysis that suggested he had surprisingly gotten quite a few votes from under 30 young people who did not seem to really understand what he stood for. They learned however and he was trounced when he subsequently ran for the Diet later that year under the flag of that old nutter Ishihara. By the way Tamogami was convicted of criminal violations under the election fund law and was sentenced in May 2017 to 22 months in prison suspended for 5 years.
In 2016, I happened to be near to Yasukuni Shrine on August 15 and saw one of these groups trying to approach the shrine with three trucks. It was one of the most bizzare things I've ever seen. First they played one of those military parade songs in a loop which got so distorted by the crappy speakers that it got close to a mockery of the song, kinda like all these earrape videos on UA-cam. Then someone inside the first truck shouted angrily at the police who stopped them exactly like Michael explained, but because of the music, you could hardly understand anything except for おい (hey), 迷惑 (nuisance) and お前ら (you guys). Then they suddenly sped up and stopped just centimeters short of the policemen who all flailed their arms like crazy and tried to drown the speakers with their whistles. Finally, the group played the parade loop one final time and then turned (the last truck performed a drift) and left in complete silence. Two or three minutes later, the police had removed all obstacles and life returned to normal. Absolutely weird.
Michael made a number of excellent points here, I thought. The Japanese right-wing have been a factor in preventing the kind of post-war reconciliation in Asia that Europe had long ago. I suppose he soft-pedalled the LDP-Uyoku-Yakuza connection out of respect to some of TOF's valuable sources...
There is no doubt that there are relationships between a hand full of individual politicians in the far right fringe of the LDP where Ishihara and Koike used to dwell. But mentioning an LDP-Uyoku-Yakuza connection as if the party as a whole is linked with them seems an over statement? Ishin-Uyoku would make sense.
Sadly this video is only focused on their van protesting rather than what they do or stand for politically. Of course their bias is obvious in just them labeling right wingers and Alt Right.
Why do these ignorant outlets continue using the term "alt-right" in reference to stuff like this, considering these views were the norm as recently as 40 or so years ago?
As of now, there's a few Zengakuren groups on college campuses, but are nowhere as badass or heroic as they think they are. Overall, it's fair to say that left-wing movements in Japan are dead.
Left-wingers are found in a blogging site called Hatena. You'll find plenty of libs calling for the end of capitalism and regulating "hate speech" there. Libertarians are pretty much non-existent, as far as I can tell. The idea of less government doesn't sell well here in the nation of total submission.
Libertarians are right wing, more of an European / American concept - less goverment, minimum taxes, free market with minimum regulations etc. In Japan right wing are mainly conservatives. Funny thing is that Japanese conservatives are pretty much like social democrats in Europe. Taro Aso and Keynesian approach is very socialist to me.
In the modern context, they tend to be a bunch of whiny, racist, irredentists that either think ethnic separatism is ideal or spur out a bunch of historical denialist apologia.
@@michealkasey2292 whiny? You guys are ones who have soy meltdown every time you talk to us your only arguments against us are FASCIST SUPERMACIST NAZIIII!!!! And you loose your mind when we say something that makes sense you prefer to live in your own imagenation where alt right are dumb and can't argur back and think this way because there dumb but when you face reality and actully try to argue us you loose your mind and cry
@@keepingbloodpuretypenation5906 Keep telling that to yourself, buddy. I'm sure your parents would be proud to learn that you openly support social darwinism and ethnic genocide.
Thanks for bringing this subject into better focus. A key take-away for me was the Yakuza link that Michael alluded to .. "Gangsta Revisionists!"
Michael mentioned they were "tiny" in number. Stating the estimated number of these far right fringe groups might have given this session a stronger context to what importance they might have today. I would be concerned if people got the impression that the 610K people who voted for former Air SDF General Tamogami in the 2014 Tokyo Governor election were far right wingers. I recall reading a post election analysis that suggested he had surprisingly gotten quite a few votes from under 30 young people who did not seem to really understand what he stood for. They learned however and he was trounced when he subsequently ran for the Diet later that year under the flag of that old nutter Ishihara. By the way Tamogami was convicted of criminal violations under the election fund law and was sentenced in May 2017 to 22 months in prison suspended for 5 years.
In 2016, I happened to be near to Yasukuni Shrine on August 15 and saw one of these groups trying to approach the shrine with three trucks. It was one of the most bizzare things I've ever seen. First they played one of those military parade songs in a loop which got so distorted by the crappy speakers that it got close to a mockery of the song, kinda like all these earrape videos on UA-cam. Then someone inside the first truck shouted angrily at the police who stopped them exactly like Michael explained, but because of the music, you could hardly understand anything except for おい (hey), 迷惑 (nuisance) and お前ら (you guys). Then they suddenly sped up and stopped just centimeters short of the policemen who all flailed their arms like crazy and tried to drown the speakers with their whistles. Finally, the group played the parade loop one final time and then turned (the last truck performed a drift) and left in complete silence. Two or three minutes later, the police had removed all obstacles and life returned to normal. Absolutely weird.
Michael made a number of excellent points here, I thought. The Japanese right-wing have been a factor in preventing the kind of post-war reconciliation in Asia that Europe had long ago. I suppose he soft-pedalled the LDP-Uyoku-Yakuza connection out of respect to some of TOF's valuable sources...
There is no doubt that there are relationships between a hand full of individual politicians in the far right fringe of the LDP where Ishihara and Koike used to dwell. But mentioning an LDP-Uyoku-Yakuza connection as if the party as a whole is linked with them seems an over statement? Ishin-Uyoku would make sense.
Sadly this video is only focused on their van protesting rather than what they do or stand for politically. Of course their bias is obvious in just them labeling right wingers and Alt Right.
I've never feared the Uyoku. I always thought they watched cooking shows on TV while the spew their venom.....
Can foreigners join Uyoku dantai?
Why do these ignorant outlets continue using the term "alt-right" in reference to stuff like this, considering these views were the norm as recently as 40 or so years ago?
Because they are "alternative" to the mainstream.
Because they like to present normal views as somehow deviant, and the deviant modern views as somehow "the norm"
Yeah they should just call them "Far right" or "fascists" which is what those fkn clown shoes are.
@@jamesbuckley972what?
How come japan doesn't get along with its neighbors?
Any left/libertarian groups in Japan?
As of now, there's a few Zengakuren groups on college campuses, but are nowhere as badass or heroic as they think they are. Overall, it's fair to say that left-wing movements in Japan are dead.
Left-wingers are found in a blogging site called Hatena. You'll find plenty of libs calling for the end of capitalism and regulating "hate speech" there.
Libertarians are pretty much non-existent, as far as I can tell. The idea of less government doesn't sell well here in the nation of total submission.
Libertarians have nothing to do with left-wing thought.
Left wing groups are almost extinct in Japan. Maybe the most popular one right now is the youth left group ReDEMOS.
Libertarians are right wing, more of an European / American concept - less goverment, minimum taxes, free market with minimum regulations etc. In Japan right wing are mainly conservatives. Funny thing is that Japanese conservatives are pretty much like social democrats in Europe. Taro Aso and Keynesian approach is very socialist to me.
I do not see any wrong with being a Nationalist
In the modern context, they tend to be a bunch of whiny, racist, irredentists that either think ethnic separatism is ideal or spur out a bunch of historical denialist apologia.
@@michealkasey2292 whiny? You guys are ones who have soy meltdown every time you talk to us your only arguments against us are FASCIST SUPERMACIST
NAZIIII!!!! And you loose your mind when we say something that makes sense you prefer to live in your own imagenation where alt right are dumb and can't argur back and think this way because there dumb but when you face reality and actully try to argue us you loose your mind and cry
@@keepingbloodpuretypenation5906 Keep telling that to yourself, buddy. I'm sure your parents would be proud to learn that you openly support social darwinism and ethnic genocide.
@@weih2974 They probably don't? The purpose of this channel is to inform westerners trying to learn more about Japanese politics.
@cool Buddy how old are you? 12? 13? Clearly not old enough to understand that what I said was a sarcastic retort.
God the interviewer butts in SO much
Globalists when you play music too loud: