Netto-uyoku
Netto uyoku or Net uyoku (ネット右翼, Japanese Internet far rightists), is the term used to refer to Japanese neo-nationalists who interact almost entirely within their own cyber community, shut off from the rest of Japanese society. Netto uyoku frequently post nationalistic and Japan-supremacist articles on the Internet.[1] [2]
Origins
Netto uyoku first appeared on the Internet during the Lost Decade, which was an economic crisis in Japan from the 1990s to 2010s.[3]
Characteristics
Netto uyoku generally express support for historically revisionist views, portraying Imperial Japan in a positive light, juxtaposed with a negative portrayal of China (anti-Chinese sentiment), North and South Korea (Anti-Korean sentiment) and Russia (Anti-Russian sentiment), which defends Japan's actions prior to and during World War II. Netto uyoku tend to express hostility towards immigrants from other countries, particularly Zainichi Koreans (在日韓国・朝鮮人 Zainichi-Kankoku-Chōsen-jin, Koreans in Japan),and encourage visits by conservative politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine.
Furuya Tsunehira, who writes about the netto-uyoku, makes the observation that although active on the web, they lack institutional political representation offline, leading to a sense of frustration and a tendency to be more active online and to back the more right-wing elements of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, especially the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration as a substitute for having a party of their own. [4]