Nissan Seminar: The Right-wing Shift towards Immigrant Exclusion in Japan and Beyond

Thursday 12 February, 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St Antony's College

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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.