Minzoku-ha (民族派, lit. "ethnic nationalist groups"[1][2]) or New Right (新左翼, shin-uyoku)[3] is a Japanese
ethno-nationalist faction that emerged after
postwar Japan.
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Minzoku-ha are known to be "
anti-American" (反米保守, lit. "anti-Amercian conservative") than mainstream conservatives or
Japanese nationalists. It is originated in the student movements of the
1960s and
1970s, many of whom were followers of
Yukio Mishima.
In postwar Japan, mainstream conservatives prioritized "anti-communism" (反共主義) over Japanese "ethnic nationalism" (民族主義) in the context of the Cold War; however, minzoku-ha was critical of the
pro-Americanism of mainstream conservatives, who grew up influenced by Yukio Mishima's nationalism and the
Japanese New Left.[4][5]
^Decentralization - Social Science Japan Newsletter. Newsletter of the lnstitute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. "... ethnic nationalist groups (minzoku-ha) and the “new” right (shin-uyoku) take a more intellectual and philosophical approach to their activism." on September 2007. ISSN 1340-7155
^Stefan Fuchs (5 December 2018). Japanese 'Right-wing Rock'? A Lyrics Content Analysis. "In response to the protest movement against the US-Japan Security Treaty, which was carried out predominantly by left-wing student associations, in the early 1960s Japan saw the arrival of an academic far-right movement that followers refer to as Minzoku-ha 民族派 (ethnic faction) but is usually known to the general public by the name Shin-uyoku 新右翼 (The New Right), a label coined by the Japanese mass media as an equivalent to the so-called Shin-sayoku 新左翼 (The New Left).". p. 81.