Japan's Nationalist Right in the Internet Age: Online Media and Grassroots Conservative Activism

by Jeffrey J. Hall

Overview

Japan's nationalist right have used the internet to organise offline activism in increasingly visible ways. Hall investigates the role of internet-mediated activism in Japan's ongoing historical and territorial disputes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367558437
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2023
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeffrey J. Hall is Assistant Professor and Junior Researcher at the Waseda University’s Organization for Regional and Inter-Regional Studies in Tokyo, Japan

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Landscape of Post-War Japanese Nationalist Activism 3. Channel Sakura Takes Flight - Creating a Grassroots Internet Media Organization for Japan’s Conservative Right 4. Rallying Around the Flag: Heroes, Symbolism, and Rituals 5. The 2009 Anti-NHK Protest Campaign 6. Conservative Activism and Historical Remembrance of the Battle of Okinawa: The Case of the 32^nd Army Headquarters 7. The Senkaku Islands, Protest Marches, and Crowdfunded Boat Activism 8. Epilogue