Nissan Seminar: Hideki Tarumoto (Waseda), 'The Right-wing Shift towards Immigrant Exclusion in Japan and Beyond'

Convener(s): Roger Goodman and Yosuke Buchmeier

Speaker(s): Hideki Tarumoto (Waseda)

Extreme right populism is on the rise worldwide, enforcing the exclusion of immigrants and foreigners. Why does the trend towards immigrant exclusion occur? To approach this quiz, I will focus on the case of Japan, where the Sansei party became the first right-wing populist party to enter mainstream politics in the 20 July 2025 Upper House election. Through the Japanese case, I will pursue mechanisms of the emergence of right-wing populism and the exclusion of immigrants and foreigners.