Japan First Party


The Japan First Party is a far-right political party in Japan founded by Makoto Sakurai.

History

On August 15, 2016, Sakurai announced in front of a crowd at the annual gathering to protest the Hantenren in front of Yasukuni Shrine that he would not stop at the Tokyo election, and would create a new political party to prioritize and benefit the people of Japan over foreign powers. After first jokingly announcing the new party name as "Tokyo Terrorist Party", he formally announced on August 29, 2016, the party name "Japan First Party".
The JFP held its first convention in APA Hotel on February 26, 2017, and Sakurai, who was until then de facto leader, formally became leader of the JFP.
As of April 27, 2017, there are about 1800 party members, but no members of the party in any government office. The same day, Mikio Okamura, sitting beside Sakurai, formally announced at a press conference his plan to run for the upcoming :ja:東京都議会議員選挙|Tokyo Prefecture Legislature Election in July 2017.

Policies

Many of the promises from his campaign in the Tokyo gubernatorial election have been included in the policies outlined by the JFP such as the exclusion of foreigners from receiving welfare. The policies include the rewriting of the Japanese constitution from scratch to put the Emperor as the head of state, install a military, and make defense of the country a civic duty.