Japan First Party

Japan First Party
日本第一党
Nippon Dai-ichi Tō
AbbreviationJFP
LeaderMakoto Sakurai
FounderMakoto Sakurai
Founded29 August 2016; 8 years ago (29 August 2016)
HeadquartersSuginami City, Tokyo, Kantō
Membership (2021)1,122
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[7][6][5]
Colours
  •   Black
  •   Red
Councillors
0 / 242
Representatives
0 / 465
Prefectural Assembly Members
0 / 2,675
Municipalities
0 / 30,490
Website
japan-first.net

The Japan First Party (日本第一党, Nihon/Nippon Daiittō) is a far-right political party in Japan founded by Makoto Sakurai.

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  2. ^ Sieg, Linda (2 November 2018). "Japan aims to open door wider to blue-collar workers". Reuters. Retrieved 4 April 2021. The tiny nationalist "Japan First Party" has protested against the changes for reasons such as fears foreigners would inflate welfare rolls and crime rates, it says on its website.
  3. ^ Patrick Heinrich, Yumiko Ohara, ed. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics. Routledge. ISBN 9781351818391. Makoto Sakurai of the ultranationalist Japan First Party has been involved in numerous anti-Korean demonstrations, and he also ran for the Tokyo mayor election in 2016.
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