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

Introduction Analytical framework Research methods The structure of this book Notes Bibliography The landscape of postwar Japanese nationalist activism Old uyoku organizations The right’s reaction to left-wing student movements The New Right Old uyoku and new uyoku - the “politics of futility”History as a major issue after the 1990s The assertive conservative right Internet Right-Wingers The nativist movement of the 2000s Notes Bibliography Channel Sakura takes flight The founders Funding Channel Sakura Channel Sakura’s programming A new military figure - Tamogami Toshio Ganbare Nippon Channel Sakura’s grassroots vision of the Japanese people Channel Sakura and the mainstream media Non-violence and legal protest Cooperation with international activists Conclusion Notes Bibliography Rallying around the flag Patriotic heroes and men of action Symbols on the set Rallying around the flag at Yasukuni Conclusion Notes Bibliography The 2009 anti-NHK protest campaign Background - NHK, bias, and protest activities prior to 2009 Launching the Japan Debut protest campaign Issues of contention within the documentary Methods and tactics of the anti-NHK protests The largest class-action lawsuit in postwar Japanese history Conclusion Notes Bibliography Conservative activism and historical remembrance of the Battle of Okinawa Responsibility for civilian deaths in Okinawa The comfort women issue History textbooks and reversals on Okinawan civilian suicides The 32nd Army headquarters Conclusion Notes Bibliography The Senkaku Islands, protest marches, and crowdfunded boat activism Senkaku Islands - background The 2010 boat collision incident Channel Sakura’s crowdfunded boat activism Japanese boat activism after 2012 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Epilogue Tamogami Toshio and electoral politics Rival alternative media outlets on YouTube Overseas right-wing populism and Channel Sakura Closing thoughts Notes Bibliography

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