Outside a train station near Tokyo, hundreds of people cheer as Sohei Kamiya, head of the surging nationalist party Sanseito, criticizes Japan’s rapidly growing foreign population.

As opponents, separated by uniformed police and bodyguards, accuse him of racism, Kamiya shouts back, saying he is only talking common sense.

Sanseito, while still a minor party, made big gains in July’s parliamentary election, and Kamiya’s “Japanese First” platform of anti-globalism, anti-immigration and anti-liberalism is gaining broader traction ahead of a ruling party vote Saturday that will choose the likely next prime minister.

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    11 days ago

    no, though I understand that it’s effort.

    Also no, because the whole thing is YOUR CLAIM, and I’m not going to go around looking for evidence to disprove random theories on the internet.

    And the rest of your comment again relies on statements that may or may not be true and both of us don’t have the data that could be used to decide either way.

    sidenote:

    instead repeating your own assertions.

    That’s what you are doing. I’m just calling you out on it.